The Qudyal or Qudyalchay ( az, Qudyalçay) is a river in north-eastern
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. It flows through the districts of
Quba
Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a po ...
and
Khachmaz.
Overview
The Qudyal starts at the northern slope of Tufan Dagh in
Greater Caucasus
The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
, at 3,000 meters above sea level in
Quba District. The river ends its stream by flowing into the
Caspian sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
through
Khachmaz District
Khachmaz District ( az, Xaçmaz rayonu; lez, Хъачмаз район) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-east of the country and belongs to the Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region. The district borders the districts ...
.
The water from the Qudyal is used for irrigation purposes and some of the water also flows into the
Samur–Absheron channel
Samur–Absheron channel ( az, Samur-Abşeron kanalı) is an irrigation channel in Azerbaijan flowing from Russia-Azerbaijan border to the Jeyranbatan reservoir.
Overview
Samur–Absheron channel starts near the Qaleysuvar Mountain in Khachmaz Ray ...
.
Statistics
The length of the Qudyalchay is 108 km and the basin size is 799 km
2. Average annual water consumption is 6,85 cubic meters per second.
The river is mostly fed by snow (50%), groundwater (32%) and rain (18%). From April to July, the river floods due to melting of the snow and increase in water.
References
Rivers of Azerbaijan
Qabala District
Goychay District
Tributaries of the Caspian Sea
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