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Water resources of the rivers Kur and Araz
Water resources of the rivers Kur and Araz are stated in the first part of the report. The rivers Kur and Araz are transboundary for Caucasus countries as well as for Turkey and Iran to a certain extent. Kura is the largest river of the South Caucasus, with a longitude of 1515 kms, the drainage basin has an extension of 188 thousand KM2 and is situated in the territory of the 5 following states: Azerbaijan - 52,9 thousand km2, Iran - 40 thousand km2, Georgia - 36,4 thousand km2, Armenia - 29,8 thousand km2, Turkey - 28,9 thousand km2. The largest influx of the river Kur is the river Araz with the drainage basin of 102000 km2. Below the estuary of Araz, apart almost 210 kms the Kur has no other influx.
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Mamedov, R., Mansimov, M., Ismatova, K.R. (2005). Transboundary Water Problems in the Kur — Araz Basin. In: Vogtmann, H., Dobretsov, N. (eds) Transboundary Water Resources: Strategies for Regional Security and Ecological Stability. NATO Science Series, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3082-7_8
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