Naxçıvançay
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The Naxçıvançay (English: Nakhchivan river) is a river in the Babek and Shahbuz Districts (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) in Azerbaijan.[1][2]
Details
Naxçıvançay is a left tributary of the Aras River. It is considered the largest and most watery river of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The river is 81 kilometres long and has a basin area of 1630 square kilometres. Its source is located on the southern slope of the Daralayaz range at an absolute altitude of 2,720 m. The total slope of the riverbed (the slope of the fall) is 1972 m.
The area around Naxçıvançay consists mainly of grasslands,[3] with sparse population of roughly 47 inhabitants per square kilometer.[4]
References
- ^ Gurbanov, G. H. (24 December 2024). "Characteristics of Exodynamic Processes in the Nakhchivan River Basin". Geografiâ i vodnye resursy (4): 104–114. doi:10.55764/2957-9856/2024-4-104-114.44. ISSN 2957-8280.
- ^ Mərdanlı, Akif; Aliyev, Tofiq (2025). "Hydrographic Features of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Structure, Distribution, and Agricultural Significance". Global Spectrum of Research and Humanities. 2 (3): 118–126. doi:10.69760/gsrh.0203025013. ISSN 3007-9136.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016.