The Kars is a river in the

Kars Province Kars Province ( tr, Kars ili; ku, Parêzgeha Qersê; hy, Կարսի նահանգ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with Armenia. The provincial capital is the city of ...

in northeastern

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. This 93 km long river is the largest tributary of the

Akhuryan river The Akhuryan ( hy, Ախուրյան ''Axuryan''; xcl, Ախուրեան ''Axurean''; russian: Арпачай or Ахурян), or Arpachay ( tr, Arpaçay) is a river in the South Caucasus. It originates in Armenia and flows from Lake Arpi, alon ...

Geography

The Kars river originates in the

Allahuekber Mountains Allahuekber Mountains ( tr, Allahuekber Dağları, which means "Allahu akbar Mountains"), is a mountain range in northeastern Turkey. The Kızılırmak River winds through it. It is part of the Pontic Mountains. When World War I began in 1914, t ...

in the southwest of the Kars province. Initially, the river flows in a predominantly easterly direction through the

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. Then it turns north and flows through

Kars Kars (; ku, Qers; ) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. Its population is 73,836 in 2011. Kars was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'', (in Greek Χορζηνή) in classical historiography ( Strabo), part of ...

. It then flows in a wide arc to the north, later to the east and then to the southeast. Finally, the river feeds into the

Akhurian Reservoir Akhurian Reservoir ( hy, Ախուրյանի ջրամբար; tr, Arpaçay Baraj Gölü) is a reservoir on the Akhurian River between Armenia and Turkey. The reservoir has a surface area of 54 km² and a volume of 525 million cubic meters. It ...

on the border with

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

, through which the Akhuryan River flows.Geomophology of the Kars river
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References

Rivers of Turkey Landforms of Kars Province {{Turkey-river-stub