Aras
Largest tributaries
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Atheriniformes - Silversides
The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the Kura river. It drains the south side of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains while the Kura drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus.
The rivers total length is 1,072 km (666 mi) and its watershed covers an area of 102,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi). The Aras is one of the longest rivers in the Caucasus.
