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== Geography == [[File:Sarsang reservoir P1090881.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Sarsang Reservoir]]]] [[File:«Լևի» կիրճ02.JPG|thumb|A view of the forested mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh]] <!-- Does this information apply for all of the NKR, or only the former NKAO? i.e. does it include Shahumian or not? --> Nagorno-Karabakh has a total area of {{convert|4400|km2|0|abbr=out}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nkrusa.org/country_profile/overview.shtml|title=Nagorno Karabakh Republic – Country Overview|website=www.nkrusa.org|access-date=21 June 2006|archive-date=19 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419102410/http://www.nkrusa.org/country_profile/overview.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Approximately half of Nagorno-Karabakh terrain is over {{convert|950|m}} [[above sea level]].<ref name="Zurcher">{{cite book |last = Zürcher |first = Christoph |title = The post-Soviet wars: rebellion, ethnic conflict, and nationhood in the Caucasus|publisher = NYU Press|year = 2007 |page = 184 |isbn = 978-0814797099}}</ref> The borders of Nagorno-Karabakh resemble a kidney bean with the indentation on the east side. It has tall mountain ridges along the northern edge and along the west and mountainous south. The part near the indentation of the kidney bean itself is a relatively flat valley, with the two edges of the bean, the districts of [[Mardakert District (NKAO)|Martakert]] and [[Martuni District (NKAO)|Martuni]], having flatlands as well. Other flatter valleys exist around the [[Sarsang reservoir]], [[Hadrut District (NKAO)|Hadrut]], and the south. The entire region lies, on average, {{convert|1,100|m}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]].<ref name="Zurcher"/> Notable peaks include the border mountain [[Murovdag]] and the [[Mount Kirs|Great Kirs]] mountain chain in the junction of [[Shusha District (NKAO)|Shusha]] and Hadrut districts. The territory of modern Nagorno-Karabakh forms a portion of the historic region of Karabakh, which lies between the rivers [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura]] and [[Araxes River|Araxes]], and the modern Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Nagorno-Karabakh in its modern borders is part of the larger region of Upper Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh does not directly border Armenia but is connected to the latter through the [[Lachin corridor]], a mountain pass under the control of the [[Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh|Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh]]. The major cities of the region are [[Stepanakert]], which once served as the capital of the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and [[Shusha]], which lies partially in ruins. Vineyards, orchards, and mulberry groves for silkworms are developed in the valleys.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401669/Nagorno-Karabakh|title=Nagorno-Karabakh|encyclopedia=[[Britannica]]|access-date=30 November 2010|archive-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083551/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401669/Nagorno-Karabakh|url-status=live}}</ref>
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