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[[Image:Azerbaijan 1995 CIA map.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Azerbaijan]]
The '''Kura-Aras Lowland''', '''Kura-Aras Depression''' or '''Kura-Aras Basin'''<ref>The name of Aras may also be variously transliterates as Araz, Arax, or Araxes.</ref> ({{lang-az|Kür-Araz ovalığı}}) is a vast [[Depression (geology)|depression]] in central-southern [[Azerbaijan]] defined by the valleys of the [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura River]] and [[Aras River]]. It is situated by the West shore of the [[Caspian Sea]] and is part of the [[Aral-Caspian Depression]]. It is delimited by the [[Greater Caucasus]] from the North, [[Lesser Caucasus]] from the West and the [[Talysh Mountains]] from the South. <ref>[http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/04/11/000094946_03040304034344/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt Profile of Azerbaijan], a 2003 [[World Bank]] document</ref>

Its extension is the [[Lenkoran Lowland]], which reaches [[Iran]] at [[Astara, Iran|Astara]].

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[[Category:Landforms of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Caspian Sea]]
[[Category:Depressions of Europe]]
[[Category:Endorheic basins of Asia]]

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