Kura

The Kura River, also known as the Kurucay in Turkish, is the largest in Transcaucasia. It is also the third-longest river in Turkey. River Kura rises on the slopes of Mount Kisirindagi in Eastern Turkey and travels to Georgia and Azerbaijan, where it meets its main tributary river Aras before emptying into the Caspian Sea. The Rivers run for a total of 941 miles. The arid areas of the River Kura are characterized by steppe vegetation, while the alpine areas are dominated by meadows. The cover is limited due to the course's location in the desert woods. Kura's waters are dominated by approximately 60 kinds of loach, bleak, trout, and several indigenous fish species.

Dams, reservoirs, and hydropower stations have been built along the Kura River's banks, as has been done with other major rivers in Asia. The Kura River has provided water for agriculture in the Kura Valley for thousands of years. Natural calamities and foreign invasions have destroyed large civilizations that sprang up on the banks of the Kura. Throughout the twentieth century, human activities harmed the watershed woods and grassland, contributing to severe floods in the Kura River's lower reaches.

Length: 941 miles (shared with Azerbaijan and Georgia)