River
Aghstev
133 km from source to mouth · Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Azerbaijan and ArmeniaFlows into Kura River9th longest in Azerbaijan
In numbers
Length
133km
Average flow
8.2m³/s
Basin
2,589km²
Drop
1,214m
from 1,417 m to 203 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
133 km of river and 18 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmTezhlerat 1,417 m
- 0 kmLermontovo912 people
- 2 kmMargahovit3,601 people
- 6 kmFioletovo1,325 people
- 24 kmDilijan16,600 people
- 34 kmTeghut1,484 people
- 37 kmHaghartsin3,586 people
- 43 kmGetik Rivertributary
- 62 kmGandzakar3,563 people
- 65 kmIjevan19,500 people
- 66 kmGetahovit2,196 people
- 68 kmKhachaghbyurtributary
- 73 kmKhashtarak1,771 people
- 78 kmDitavan348 people
- 82 kmAzatamut2,923 people
- 92 kmAgstafa reservoir1.7 km²
- 102 kmJoghastributary
- 105 kmGazakh20,800 people
- 125 kmPoylu1,800 people
- 133 kmKura Riverat 203 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Azerbaijan and Armenia
At the mouth it carries 8.2 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 304 seconds. It drops from 1,417 m to 203 m, 9.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,589 km², about the size of LU. 2.7 million people live in it. Highest water: from May to June. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (11% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- GazakhLargest city on its banks · 20,800 people
- Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 73 km from the cityCar hire at TBS airport (Tbilisi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water3 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe4 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to OctoberThe best months to visit
Aghstev, month by month
Highest water: from May to June
Best months to visit: from June to October.
From about 58 m³/s in the lowest month to 790 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Aghstev: the basin in numbers
35,962 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.7millionpeople live in the basin
- 76/km²people per km²
- 1,540maverage altitude of the basin
- 703mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.2°Caverage air temperature
- 6%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
- 1%permafrost
- 0.9km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 20% Forest
- 22% Cropland
- 29% Pasture
- 2% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Aghstev: what you find on the way
- 2Weirs
- 13WaterfallsWhispering waterfall, Karasi and 11 more
- 4Rapids
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Aghstev in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
15mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Agstafa reservoirkm 781.7km²
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Mountains at the source (15)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Tezhler11 km away3,101m
- Ampasar11 km away3,053m
- Artavaz15 km away2,929m
- Yughaqar8.6 km away2,611m
- Ditasar15 km away2,432m
- Gegharkunik13 km away2,420m
- Ditaqar14 km away2,190m
- Shahapants5.8 km away2,122m
7 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Aghstev in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Kura RiverAzerbaijan1,360 km440 m³/sTributaries (10)
Also: Getik River, Joghas, Khachaghbyur, Sarnajur, Bldan, Haghartsin, Mtnadzor, Aghbugha, Voskepar, Urtujur
In the same basin
Azerbaijan1,072 km280 m³/sAlazaniAzerbaijan351 km98 m³/sHrazdan RiverArmenia141 km18 m³/sAkhurian River
Turkey186 km270 m³/sIori RiverAzerbaijan320 km120 m³/sDebed
Georgia178 km30 m³/sVorotan RiverAzerbaijan178 km22 m³/sAragvi RiverGeorgia112 km33 m³/sArpa RiverAzerbaijan128 km21 m³/sKhrami RiverAzerbaijan201 km51 m³/sNearby
Rivers nearby
Azerbaijan201 km51 m³/s28 km awayDebedGeorgia178 km30 m³/s46 km awayAlazaniAzerbaijan351 km98 m³/s105 km awayIori RiverAzerbaijan320 km120 m³/s91 km awayAragvi RiverGeorgia112 km33 m³/s92 km awayKsaniGeorgia84 km15 m³/s100 km awayHrazdan RiverArmenia141 km18 m³/s164 km awayAzat RiverArmenia55 km36 m³/s165 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2352098) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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