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Aras River Valley

The Aras River Valley is a narrow region that marks 's northern border with , , and Nakhchivan. The Aras River Valley boasts castles, tombs, stepped villages, and breathtaking mountain scenery, and all of this devoid of tourists.
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  • Type: river
  • Description: river located in and along the countries of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran
  • Also known as: “Aras” and “Aras River”

Aras River Valley

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Aras River Valley” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Araks”
  • Amharic: “አራስ ወንዝ”
  • Amharic: “አራክስ ወንዝ”
  • Amharic: “አራክስስ ወንዝ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀράξης”
  • Arabic: “نهر آراس”
  • Arabic: “نهر أراس”
  • Arabic: “نهر اراس”
  • Arabic: “نهر الرس”
  • Armenian: “Աբոս”
  • Armenian: “Աոռաս”
  • Armenian: “Արաատղ”
  • Armenian: “Արագ”
  • Armenian: “Արազի”
  • Armenian: “Արախես”
  • Armenian: “Արախիս”
  • Armenian: “Արաս”
  • Armenian: “Արասի”
  • Armenian: “Արասխի”
  • Armenian: “Արասկ”
  • Armenian: “Արասպ”
  • Armenian: “Արաքս”
  • Armenian: “Արաքսե”
  • Armenian: “Արաքսեն”
  • Armenian: “Արաքսենե”
  • Armenian: “Արաքսես”
  • Armenian: “Արաքսիս”
  • Armenian: “Արեզ”
  • Armenian: “Արեզի”
  • Armenian: “Արես”
  • Armenian: “Արրասս”
  • Armenian: “Բասենի ջուր”
  • Armenian: “Գենոն”
  • Armenian: “Գիհովն”
  • Armenian: “Գինոն”
  • Armenian: “Գնհովն”
  • Armenian: “Դվնագետ”
  • Armenian: “Երազխ”
  • Armenian: “Երասխ”
  • Armenian: “Երես”
  • Armenian: “էգրի”
  • Armenian: “Էյրի”
  • Armenian: “Էրես”
  • Armenian: “Էրսի”
  • Armenian: “Կումասաոր”
  • Armenian: “Հայմոս”
  • Armenian: “ճեհոն”
  • Armenian: “Մայր Արտքս”
  • Armenian: “Նյախրի Արազ”
  • Armenian: “Պասին”
  • Armenian: “Ջանունից գետ”
  • Armenian: “Ջանունյաց գետ”
  • Armenian: “Ռազ”
  • Armenian: “Ռախս”
  • Armenian: “Ռախսի”
  • Armenian: “Ռակսի”
  • Armenian: “Ռաս”
  • Armenian: “Ռասխ”
  • Armenian: “Ռոս”
  • Armenian: “Օրոս”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Aras”
  • Azerbaijani: “Araz çayı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Araz”
  • Bashkir: “Аракс”
  • Basque: “Araks ibaia”
  • Basque: “Aras”
  • Basque: “Araxes”
  • Basque: “Araz”
  • Belarusian: “Аракс”
  • Bengali: “আরাস”
  • Breton: “Araz”
  • Bulgarian: “Аракс”
  • Catalan: “Aras”
  • Catalan: “Arax”
  • Catalan: “Araxes”
  • Catalan: “Araxi”
  • Catalan: “Araz”
  • Catalan: “Yeraskh”
  • Catalan: “Аpakc”
  • Catalan: “Аракс”
  • Cebuano: “Aras River”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئاراس”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری ئاراز”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری ئاراس”
  • Chinese: “阿拉克斯河”
  • Chinese: “阿拉斯河”
  • Chuvash: “Аракс”
  • Croatian: “Araks”
  • Croatian: “Aras”
  • Czech: “Araks”
  • Czech: “Aras”
  • Czech: “Araz”
  • Danish: “Araks”
  • Dutch: “Araks”
  • Dutch: “Aras”
  • Dutch: “Araxes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر آراس”
  • Esperanto: “Araks”
  • Esperanto: “Aras”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Arakso”
  • Estonian: “Araks”
  • Finnish: “Araks”
  • French: “Araks”
  • French: “Araxe”
  • French: “Rivière Araks”
  • Galician: “Río Araz”
  • Georgian: “არაქსი”
  • Georgian: “არეზი”
  • Georgian: “რახსი”
  • German: “Araks”
  • German: “Aras”
  • German: “Arax”
  • Greek: “Αράξης”
  • Greek: “Αράς”
  • Hebrew: “אראקס”
  • Hebrew: “נהר אראס”
  • Hindi: “अरस नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Araksz”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Aras”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Aras”
  • Italian: “Aras”
  • Italian: “Arasse”
  • Italian: “Fiume Aras”
  • Japanese: “アラス川”
  • Javanese: “Kali Araks”
  • Javanese: “Kali Aras”
  • Kazakh: “Araks”
  • Kazakh: “Аракс”
  • Kazakh: “Арас”
  • Kazakh: “اراكس”
  • Kirghiz: “Аракс”
  • Korean: “아라스강”
  • Kotava: “Aras (kuksa)”
  • Kotava: “Aras”
  • Kurdish: “Aras”
  • Kurdish: “Eres”
  • Kurdish: “Erez”
  • Kurdish: “ئەرەز”
  • Latin: “Araxes”
  • Latvian: “Araksa”
  • Lithuanian: “Araksas”
  • Macedonian: “Аракс”
  • Malayalam: “അറാസ്‌ നദി”
  • Mazanderani: “ارس”
  • Mingrelian: “არაქსი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Araks”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Araks”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aras Nehri”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arax”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Araxes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Araxi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Araz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeraskh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Արաքս”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “ارس”
  • Norwegian: “Araks”
  • Ossetian: “Аракс”
  • Persian: “آراز”
  • Persian: “آراکس”
  • Persian: “اراز”
  • Persian: “اراکس”
  • Persian: “ارس”
  • Persian: “رود ارس”
  • Persian: “رودخانه ارس”
  • Persian: “رودخانهٔ ارس”
  • Polish: “Araks”
  • Polish: “Aras”
  • Polish: “Araz”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Aras”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Arax”
  • Romanian: “Aras”
  • Romanian: “Arax”
  • Romanian: “Râul Aras”
  • Russian: “Аракс”
  • Serbian: “Araks”
  • Serbian: “Аракс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Araks”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aras”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Araz”
  • Slovak: “Araks”
  • Slovak: “Aras”
  • Slovenian: “Aras”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آراز”
  • Spanish: “Arax”
  • Spanish: “Araxi”
  • Spanish: “Araz”
  • Spanish: “Rio Araks”
  • Spanish: “Río Araks”
  • Spanish: “Rio Aras”
  • Spanish: “Río Aras”
  • Swedish: “Araks”
  • Swedish: “Araksfloden”
  • Swedish: “Aras”
  • Swedish: “Arasfloden”
  • Swedish: “Arax”
  • Swedish: “Araxes”
  • Swedish: “Araxfloden”
  • Swedish: “Araz”
  • Swedish: “Arazfloden”
  • Tajik: “Darjoi Aras”
  • Tajik: “Арас”
  • Tatar: “Аракс”
  • Turkish: “Aras Irmağı”
  • Turkish: “Aras Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Aras”
  • Ukrainian: “Араке”
  • Ukrainian: “Аракс”
  • Ukrainian: “Араку”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Aras”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Arax”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Araz”
  • Urdu: “اراس دریا”
  • Urdu: “دریائے ارس”
  • Uzbek: “Araks”
  • Uzbek: “Araz”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Aras”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Aras”
  • Welsh: “Afon Aras”
  • Western Armenian: “Արաքս”
  • Western Frisian: “Aras (rivier)”
  • Western Frisian: “Aras”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿拉斯河”

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