Editing Geography of Azerbaijan (section)

==Topography and drainage==
[[File:Azerbaijan topographic map-de.svg|thumb|300px|right|Topographic map of Azerbaijan]]
The elevation changes over a relatively short distance from lowlands to highlands; nearly half the country is considered mountainous.<ref name=":0" /> Notable physical features are the gently undulating hills of the subtropical southeastern coast, which are covered with tea plantations, orange groves, and lemon groves; numerous mud volcanoes and mineral springs in the ravines of [[Kobustan Mountain]] near Baku; and coastal terrain that lies as much as twenty-eight meters below sea level.<ref name=":0" />

Except for its eastern Caspian shoreline and some areas bordering Georgia and Iran, Azerbaijan is ringed by mountains.<ref name=":0" /> To the northeast, bordering Russia's Dagestan Autonomous Republic, is the [[Greater Caucasus]] range; to the west, bordering Armenia, is the [[Lesser Caucasus]] range.<ref name=":0" /> To the extreme southeast, the [[Talysh Mountains]] form part of the border with Iran.<ref name=":0" /> The highest elevations occur in the Greater Caucasus, where [[Bazardüzü|Mount Bazardüzü]] rises 4,466 meters above sea level.<ref name=":0" /> Eight large rivers flow down from the Caucasus ranges into the central [[Kura-Aras Lowlands]], alluvial flatlands and low delta areas along the seacoast designated by the Azerbaijani name for the [[Mtkvari River]] (Kura) and its main tributary, the Aras.<ref name=":0" /> The Mtkvari, the longest river in the Caucasus region, forms the delta and drains into the Caspian a short distance downstream from the confluence with the Aras.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Mingechaur Reservoir]], with an area of 605 square kilometers that makes it the largest body of water in Azerbaijan, was formed by damming the Kura in western Azerbaijan.<ref name=":0" /> The waters of the reservoir provide hydroelectric power and irrigation of the Kura–Aras plain.<ref name=":0" /> Most of the country's rivers are not navigable.<ref name=":0" /> About 15% of the land in Azerbaijan is arable.<ref name=":0" />

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