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Alazani
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thumb|260px|Alazani Valley The Alazani ( ) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. It is the main tributary of the Kura in eastern Georgia, and flows for . Part of its path forms the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan, before it meets the Kura at the Mingəçevir Reservoir in Azerbaijan. The river is likely the same as that referred to by classical authors Strabo and Pliny as "Alazonius" or "Alazon", and may also be the Abas River mentioned by Plutarch (Plut. Pomp. 35) and Dio Cassius (37.3) as the location of the Battle of the Abas (65 BCE).
The Alazani is a river flowing through the Caucasus Mountains that serves as the main tributary feeding into the Kura River in eastern Georgia and Azerbaijan. It is historically significant as the likely ancient river called "Alazonius" by classical writers and possibly the site of a major Roman military battle in 65 BCE.
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Key facts
- River.name
- Alazani
- River.image
- Qanix_river.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Alazani River near Qakh
- River.source1
- The Greater Caucasus Range
- River.source1_location
- Kakheti, Georgia
- River.mouth
- Kura
- River.mouth_location
- Mingəçevir, Azerbaijan
- River.subdivision_type1
- Countries
- River.subdivision_name1
- Georgia and Azerbaijan
- River.length_km
- 391
- River.basin_size_km2
- 11455
- River.tributaries_left
- Lopota
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Kakheti
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 79
- Image
- Alazani River 2.jpg
- Length
- 351
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- basin country
- Azerbaijan
- Commons category
- Alazani River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Mingachevir reservoir
- watershed area
- 10800
- described by source
- Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire
- origin of the watercourse
- Greater Caucasus
- tributary
- Intsoba
- discharge
- 98
- native label
- ალაზანი
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|260px|Alazani Valley The Alazani ( ) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. It is the main tributary of the Kura in eastern Georgia, and flows for . Part of its path forms the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan, before it meets the Kura at the Mingəçevir Reservoir in Azerbaijan. The river is likely the same as that referred to by classical authors Strabo and Pliny as "Alazonius" or "Alazon", and may also be the Abas River mentioned by Plutarch (Plut. Pomp. 35) and Dio Cassius (37.3) as the location of the Battle of the Abas (65 BCE).
The Alazani originates in Upper Kakheti at the edge of the Greater Caucasus, south of the main ridge, in the northwestern part of the Akhmeta District. It flows initially to the south towards the town of Akhmeta in Upper Kakheti, then southeast through the fertile Alazani Valley of Lower Kakheti until the Azerbaijani border where it forms the border, and crosses the Azerbaijani border into its mouth in the Mingəçevir Reservoir.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alazani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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