Vorotan River
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river in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Key facts
- Countries
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Mouth
- Hakari
- Length
- 162 km (101 mi)
- Average
- 21.5 m /s (760 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Hakari → ‹See Tfd› Aras → ‹See Tfd› Kura → Caspian Sea
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vorotan river and its basin (light gray) within Armenia The Vorotan (Armenian: Որոտան), or Bargushad (Armenian: Բարգուշատ), is a transboundary river in the South Caucasus that is the largest right tributary of the Hakari river. It starts from the northwestern slopes of the Syunik Plateau, from the Tsalk pond and adjacent springs at an altitude of 3,045 m, receives the water of streams flowing from several small ponds, as well as the springs of Gorayk village, then it flows in a southeastern direction through the territory of Sisian and Goris regions. It flows through Armenia for 119 kilometres (74 mi) in a generally south-easterly direction. The river enters Azerbaijan again, flowing for 43 km (27 mi) through the districts of Qubadli and Zangilan. The lower section of the Hakari, from its confluence with the Vorotan until its confluence with the Araks river, is sometimes considered to be part of the Vorotan.
Course of the river
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vorotan River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.