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21-665: The organization was initially created in 2003 as the Kars-Iğdır Biodiversity Project by the biology professor Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, who subsequently founded KuzeyDoğa in January 2008. Since 2006, the organization placed motion-triggered cameras to capture the wildlife in the Eastern Anatolian region (project 'Animal Corridor'). A bird research and education center was established in the Aras Valley at

42-723: Is Araz . In Persian , Kurdish and Turkish its name is ارس ( Aras ). The Aras is supported by the Kocagün stream, Dallı stream and Orman stream from the Bingöl Mountains on the borders of Varto district merge with it around the Kırıkhan village of Tekman district. It is surrounded by the Aras Mountains from the south. The Aras meets the Akhuryan River southeast of Digor . From Digor it flows along

63-413: Is located within the borders of Varto district. Its height is 3193 m, length is 50–55 km, width is 30–35 km, area is 1500 km2. The caldera edges of Mount Bingöl and the plateaus 2650–2800 m high have become glacial. There are at least 100 lakes large enough to be mapped on the mountain. The main structure of the mountain consists of andesite and basalts. The slope is soft on the northern slopes of

84-522: Is one of the longest rivers in the Caucasus. In classical antiquity, the river was known to the Greeks as Araxes ( Greek : Ἀράξης ). Its modern Armenian name is Arax or Araks ( Armenian : Արաքս ). Historically, it was called Eraskh ( Old Armenian : Երասխ , Yeraskh in modern pronunciation) by Armenians and its Old Georgian name is Rakhsi ( რახსი ). In Azerbaijani , the river's name

105-982: The Armenia–Turkey border , then runs close to the corridor that connects Turkey to Azerbaijan 's Nakhchivan exclave, and continues along the Iranian-Armenian and the Iranian-Azerbaijani border. The Aras is fed by several major tributaries, including the Arpa Çayı (also known as the Akhuryan), which gathers the waters from the Kars River and Lake Çıldır located in Turkey, the Hrazdan River , which empties into Lake Sevan in Armenia, and

126-758: The Meghri Dam near the Armenian town of Meghri . In 2006, a bird research and education center was established by KuzeyDoğa , a Turkish non-governmental organization for nature conservation, in the Aras Valley at the village Yukarı Çıyrıklı, in the Tuzluca district of Iğdır Province , Turkey. It is one of Turkey's two bird-ringing stations that remain active yearly. Between 2006 and 2021, more than 145,000 birds of 201 species were ringed, and 306 bird species were observed at this station. Sixty-three percent of

147-650: The raptor Shikra , or Little Banded Goshawk ( Accipiter badius ), which was new to Turkey's avifauna. A Biology professor at the University of Utah and a president of the KuzeyDoğa Society, Çağan Şekercioğlu, appealed to the Ministry of Forest and Water Management to drop the Tuzluca Dam project, which would destroy the wetland harboring bird wildlife in the Aras Valley. In 2013, the ministry granted

168-462: The 489 bird species found in Turkey are recorded at this wetland, making it eastern Turkey's most species-rich wetland for birds. The number of ringed and observed 306 bird species comprises 90 percent of the 340 bird species in Iğdır Province, the most bird species rich landlocked province of Turkey. Seven new bird species were observed during the bird ringing activities in 2012 alone, including

189-573: The Aras gained significance as a geographic political boundary. Under the terms of the Treaty of Gulistan and the Treaty of Turkmenchay , the river was chosen as the border limit between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran , as the latter was forced to cede its Caucasian territories to Russia. Because of these 19th-century border changes, one modern, not widely accepted scheme draws Aras River as

210-517: The Qareh Sū, originating from the Sabalān Mountains in northeastern Iranian Azerbaijan. The lowest point in Armenia is a point along the Aras at an elevation of 380 metres (1,250 ft). The following rivers are tributaries of the Aras, from source to mouth: In Armenian tradition, the river is named after Arast , a great-grandson of the legendary Armenian patriarch Haik . The name

231-683: The Whitley Fund for Nature and the Christensen Fund. The organization is primarily concerned with documenting and studying the migratory bird life in the region. KuzeyDoğa has partnerships with several Turkish and international organizations and universities. Focal endeavors: Aras (river) The Aras (also known as the Araks , Arax , Araxes , or Araz ) is a river in the Caucasus . It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along

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252-432: The birds in danger by predators. The vegetation on the lake's islet was destroyed by the local herdsmen to feed their livestock. The water levels drop was due to insufficient water inflow and excessive extraction of groundwater from local wells drilled by local villagers. In September 2014, an Egyptian vulture was spotted with the satellite transmitter managed by KuzeyDoğa. In May 2020, KuzeyDoğa recorded raccoon dogs for

273-791: The borders between Turkey and Armenia , between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan , between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the Kura river . It drains the south side of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, while the Kura drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus. The river's total length is 1,072 km (666 mi) and its watershed covers an area of 102,000 km (39,000 sq mi). The Aras

294-623: The first time in Turkey. The animals supposedly migrated from the East through Georgia. The team was alerted by the fact that raccoon dogs and other similar animals were identified as potential carriers and spreaders of the COVID-19 . KuzeyDoğa is headquartered in the major regional city of Kars . It receives funding from private donations, the government of Turkey, the United Nations and various international conservation groups, most notably

315-1021: The line of continental demarcation between Europe and Asia. In 1963–1970, Iran and the Soviet Union built the Aras Dam near the Azerbaijani city of Nakhchivan , creating the Aras Reservoir. In 1999–2008, Iran built the Khoda Afarin Dam near the historic Khudafarin Bridges , creating the Khoda Afarin Reservoir , and the Giz Galasi Dam 12 km down the river, creating the Giz Galasi Reservoir . Iran and Armenia are planning to build

336-704: The mountain, whose southern foothills are steep. The waters flowing from the north of the Bingöl Mountains feed the Aras river, and the Murat river from the east and west through the Kocasu stream. This article about an Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This geographical article about a location in Erzurum Province , Turkey

357-759: The only "true river" of Armenia and as "Mother Araxes," a symbol of pride to the Armenian people. According to a legend cited by Strabo , in ancient times, the Araxes river in Armenia had no outflow to the Caspian Sea , but spread out in plains and created a lake without outflow. In Islamic times, the Araxes became known in Arabic parlance as al-Rass (not to be confused with modern-day Ar Rass ) and in Perso-Turkish contexts as Aras . In modern history,

378-694: The organization started to monitor endangered Caucasian lynx in the Sarıkamış region. The organization asked the Ministry of Forest and Water Management to drop the Tuzluca Dam project, which threatened the wetland harboring bird wildlife in the Aras Valley. In January 2014, KuzeyDoğa reported that the wildlife at the Lake Kuyucuk was endangered due to a dramatic drop of the lake's water levels, which decreased down to 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft), bringing

399-466: The site the highest level of conservation status (Nature Conservation Area). Bing%C3%B6l Mountains Bingöl Mountains ( Turkish : Bingöl Dağları ; Kurdish : Çiyayên Çewlig ) is a mountain range in Turkey at the zero point of the provincial border of Erzurum and Muş . Bingöl Mountains is an example of Shield volcanoes . Dağkale Hill, which is the highest point of the Bingöl Mountains,

420-493: The village Yukarı Çıyrıklı (one of Turkey's two bird ringing stations that remain active yearly). Starting in 2011, KuzeyDoğa became the first organization to track wolves in Turkey. In January 2012, the Ministry of Forest and Water Management created the country's first wildlife corridor in the Northeastern Anatolia region (81 kilometer-long, 23,533 hectares) following KuzeyDoğa's 2008 proposition. In 2013,

441-553: Was later Hellenized to Araxes and was applied to the Kura–Araxes culture , a prehistoric people who flourished in the valleys of the Kura and Aras. The river is also mentioned in the last chapter of Virgil's Aeneid VIII, as "angry at the bridge," since the Romans built a bridge over it so that it is thereby conquered. The river Aras has been associated with the biblical rivers Gihon and Pishon . Robert H. Hewsen described Aras as

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