The Kura-Aras Lowland, Kura-Aras Depression or Kura-Aras BasinThe name of Aras may also be variously transliterates as Araz, Arax, or Araxes. () is a vast depression in central-southern Azerbaijan defined by the valleys of the Kura River and Aras River. It is situated by the West shore of the Caspian Sea and is part of the Aral-Caspian Depression. It is delimited by the Greater Caucasus from the North, Lesser Caucasus from the West and the Talysh Mountains from the South.Profile of Azerbaijan , a 2003 World Bank document The name is derived from the names of the two rivers in the area: the Kura and the Aras.
See also Kura–Araxes culture or Kur–Araz culture, Bronze Age culture from the region Trans-Caucasus
References
Further reading