Arpa
The Arpa is a river that flows through Armenia and Azerbaijan. Originating in Armenia's Vayots Dzor province, it is a left tributary of the Aras. It is 128 km long, and has a drainage basin of 2,630 km2.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Arevelk’i Arpach’ay”, “Arpa Çayı”, “Arpa River”, “Arpa-Chay”, “Arpačaj”, “Rio arpa”, “Şärgi Arpa Çayı”, “Vostochnyy Arpa-Chay”, “Восточный Арпачай”, “Река Арпа”, “Східний Арпачай”, “აღმოსავლეთი არფაჩაი”, “Արևելյան Արփաչայ”, “Արփանյալ”, “Արփաչայ”, “Ձորագետ”, and “Ջերմ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Girah Kandi and Zakerlu.
Arpa
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.46811° or 39° 28′ 5″ north
Longitude
44.94705° or 44° 56′ 49″ east
Elevation
785 metres (2,575 feet)
Open location code
8HF6FW9W+6R
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Arpa” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Arpa”
- Armenian: “Արփա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Arpa”
- Azerbaijani: “Arpaçay”
- Belarusian: “Арпа (прыток Аракса)”
- Belarusian: “Арпа”
- Catalan: “Arpa (riu)”
- Catalan: “Arpa”
- Cebuano: “Arp’a”
- Chinese: “阿尔帕河”
- Chinese: “阿爾帕河”
- Croatian: “Arpa”
- Czech: “Arpa”
- Dutch: “Arpa River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ارپا”
- Esperanto: “Arpa”
- Estonian: “Arpa”
- French: “Arpa”
- Galician: “Río Arpa”
- Georgian: “არფა”
- German: “Arpa”
- Hungarian: “Arpa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Arpa”
- Italian: “Arpa”
- Italian: “Fiume Arpa”
- Kotava: “Arpa (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Arpa”
- Latvian: “Arpa”
- Lithuanian: “Arpa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arpa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Arpa”
- Norwegian: “Arpa”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰਪਾ (ਦਰਿਆ)”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰਪਾ”
- Persian: “آرپا”
- Polish: “Arpa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Arpa”
- Russian: “Арпа”
- Serbian: “Arpa”
- Serbian: “Арпа”
- South Azerbaijani: “آرپاچای”
- Spanish: “Río Arpa”
- Swedish: “Arp’a”
- Turkish: “Arpaçay”
- Ukrainian: “Арпа”
- Welsh: “Afon Arpa”
- Western Armenian: “Արփա գետ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Esmā‘īl Kandī and Kara-Gasanlu.
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Highlights: Dasarx Stansiyasi and Stantsiya Dereishlyar.
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