River
Vorotan River
178 km from source to mouth · Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Azerbaijan and ArmeniaFlows into Hakari River7th longest in Azerbaijan
In numbers
Length
178km
Average flow
22m³/s
Basin
5,650km²
Drop
1,952m
from 2,294 m to 342 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
178 km of river and 21 stops on the way: 13 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 2,294 m
- 31 kmTsghuk422 people
- 33 kmSpandaryan Reservoir6.8 km²
- 49 kmShaghat969 people
- 52 kmAngeghakot1,121 people
- 58 kmShaki1,152 people
- 58 kmShaki Waterfall18 m
- 64 kmSisian13,176 people
- 70 kmAghitu436 people
- 75 kmVaghatin593 people
- 76 kmVorotnaberd
- 78 kmVorotan263 people
- 79 kmMeliq Tangi bridge
- 84 kmShambi Jrambar0.9 km²
- 97 kmBridge in Harzhis
- 102 kmTatev864 people
- 102 kmTatevi Anapat
- 111 kmShinuhayr2,646 people
- 112 kmBardzravan146 people
- 130 kmLalazar Bridge
- 150 kmGubadly5,508 people
- 151 kmQubadlı6,890 people
- 178 kmHakari Riverat 342 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Armenia and Azerbaijan
At the mouth it carries 22 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 116 seconds. It drops from 2,294 m to 342 m, 11 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,650 km², about the size of BN. 79,000 people live in it. Highest water: May; lowest: January and from August to September. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 85% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- SisianLargest city on its banks · 13,176 people
- Lachin International Airport (LHL)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 50 km from the cityCar hire at GNJ airport (Ganja)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Vorotan River, month by month
Highest water: May
Lowest water: January and from August to September. Best months to visit: from June to September.
From about 2.8 m³/s in the lowest month to 69 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
Vorotan River: the basin in numbers
2,705 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 79,000people live in the basin
- 29/km²people per km²
- 2,024maverage altitude of the basin
- 519mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.3°Caverage air temperature
- 10%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
- 0.4km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 3% Forest
- 23% Cropland
- 34% Pasture
- 1% 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
Vorotan River: what you find on the way
- 8Weirs
- 25WaterfallsShaki Waterfall, Deghnadzor waterfall and 23 more
- 4River beachesVorotan Hot Spring and 3 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Vorotan River 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.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
19mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Shaki Waterfallkm 4818m
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Spandaryan Reservoirkm 286.8km²
- Shambi Jrambarkm 700.9km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Mountains at the source (19)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Tsarasar14 km away3,423m
- Daranak5.0 km away3,388m
- Sarchali7.2 km away3,387m
- Gora Aychingly3.3 km away3,327m
- Gora Sarymoaglydag7.3 km away3,344m
- Qalınqaya Dağı8.0 km away3,335m
- Mets Qarakhach7.3 km away3,234m
- Gora Davagez4.7 km away3,169m
11 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
Vorotan River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Hakari RiverAzerbaijan170 km16 m³/sTributaries (14)
Also: Goris, Sisian, Shaki, Aghandzuget, Brnakot, Dzortun, Aghmeshti, Daliget, Gizhget, Shenatagh, Khot, Kashuni, Tapadzor, Sharrachogh
In the same basin
Azerbaijan1,360 km440 m³/sAras RiverAzerbaijan1,072 km280 m³/sAlazaniAzerbaijan351 km98 m³/sHrazdan RiverArmenia141 km18 m³/sAkhurian River
Turkey186 km270 m³/sIori RiverAzerbaijan320 km120 m³/sDebed
Georgia178 km30 m³/sAragvi RiverGeorgia112 km33 m³/sArpa RiverAzerbaijan128 km21 m³/sKhrami RiverAzerbaijan201 km51 m³/sNearby
Rivers nearby
Azerbaijan1,072 km280 m³/s184 km awayArpa RiverAzerbaijan128 km21 m³/s155 km awayTartarAzerbaijan184 km23 m³/s147 km awayAlazaniAzerbaijan351 km98 m³/s196 km awayKura RiverAzerbaijan1,360 km440 m³/s231 km awayIori RiverAzerbaijan320 km120 m³/s203 km awayHrazdan RiverArmenia141 km18 m³/s214 km awayAzat RiverArmenia55 km36 m³/s207 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q737363) · 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 | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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