The Kura-Aras Lowland, Kura-Aras Depression or Kura-Aras Basin[1] (Azerbaijani: Kür-Araz ovalığı) is a vast depression in central-southern Azerbaijan defined by the valleys of the Kura River and Aras River. Depression in Geology is a Landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South See Kura for other rivers called Kura Kura ( Turkish: Kura, Azerbaijani: Kür, Georgian: მტკვარი It is situated by the West shore of the Caspian Sea and is part of the Aral-Caspian Depression. The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged Sea. The Aral-Caspian Depression is a Lowland depression straddling Europe and Asia around the Aral Sea and Northern Caspian Sea It is delimited by the Greater Caucasus from the North, Lesser Caucasus from the West and the Talysh Mountains from the South. Greater Caucasus (Большой Кавказ Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz Dağları sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major" "Big Caucasus" or "Large Lesser Caucasus ( Azeri: Kiçik Qafqaz Dağları Georgian: მცირე კავკასიონი Малый Кавказ sometimes translated as "Caucasus Talysh Mountains (کوههای تالش Kuha e Talesh) is a mountain chain in northwestern Iran, in the northwest section of the Elburz Mountains, extending [2]
Its extension is the Lenkoran Lowland, which reaches Iran at Astara. The Lankaran Lowland (Lənkəran ovalığı is a narrow strip of Lowland in southern Azerbaijan by the Caspian Sea, the southward extension of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.
References and notes
- ^ The name of Aras may also be variously transliterates as Araz, Arax, or Araxes.
- ^ Profile of Azerbaijan, a 2003 World Bank document
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