Talk:Aras (river)

Comment
Why does that system of a down song reference the river? I don't understand it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.158.165 (talk) 21:47, 25 November 2005‎


 * Probably has something to do with the armenian massacre uring WW1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.44.59 (talk) 01:32, 29 November 2005‎


 * Yes, it's about the armenian genocide occured during WW1 from 1915-1923, where near one and a half million Armenian died by hands of the ottoman empire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.14.118.164 (talk • contribs) 01:13, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I guess the path the river follows is not exact, it is false. Would anyone agree with me? --Araks 09:33, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

There are several versions of history about the death of Cyrus. In one version he is killed in a battle against Massagetae. But there is no evidence to put the location of this battle in Media. The battle took place in Central Asia. I removed the erronous bit here. mrjahan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrjahan (talk • contribs) 17:01, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

It goes back to 1915, when the Armenian Genocide occurred by the turkish/ottoman empire..however, history says that during the massacre,the chief organizer of the Genocide "Talaat Pasha" has commanded his army to slaughter every Armenian and throw them in the river (as he he won't let any trace of the occurance) And so the System Of A Down lyrics goes "someone's mouth said paint them all red" referring to Talaat's command. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.18.69.125 (talk) 04:29, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Moving page
Moving page per the most common name in English language. Google test:


 * "Aras River" gets 21,000 hits, Britannica and Encarta both use this name.
 * "Araks River" gets 952 hits,

Therefore the move. Cheers! Baristarim 01:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Will proceed after a techinical problem is solved. Baristarim 01:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Done... Baristarim 04:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Map?
A map of the course of this river would be most helpful. &mdash; Hex    (❝ ?!  ❞)   23:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

reference link doesnt work
ref 1 http://www.unece.org/env/epr/studies/armenia/chapter08.pdf link doesnt work--ArazZeynili (talk) 18:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Improve Geographic Direction Descriptions
In the first paragraph of the Description section, specify what directions the river is going at each point, like:

CURRENT:

"flows along the Turkish-Armenian border"

TO:

"flows southwards along the Turkish-Armenian border"

In the second paragraph of the Description section, replace the terms "left" and "right" also with compass directions, like:

CURRENT:

"In Turkey the Ghareso river flows in on the left side."

TO:

"In Turkey the Ghareso river flows in from the west [or northwest, southwest, etc.]." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.198.80 (talk) 03:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: In English, in discussion of rivers, which do twist and turn, it is traditional to use left and right sides. The designations are based on facing downstream. If compass directions are appropriate in some cases, it would be appropriate to say, for example: "on the left (west) bank" or "enters from the right (north)". --Bejnar (talk) 00:25, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Economics
A discussion of the economics of the river and the uses to which the water is put is entirely appropriate. It should be done in its own section. As indicated in the Manual of Style any statement about aesthetics needs to be cited to a source. --Bejnar (talk) 00:25, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Gihon
Why have some identified this river as the Gihon? I heard it used to a similar name. Is this true? --96.46.192.15 (talk) 00:40, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Infobox details
Can we remove the fields that are not available(n/a) in the infobox. OwnDealers (talk) 10:34, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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European borders
Without question Caucasus represent border between Europe and Asia, but then.... My arguments are:
 * 1) You are having different world organisations which are saying that Armenia and Azerbaijan are in Europe so for them Aras is border between continents.
 * 2) For Le Monde border is "Geographically, Europe is defined by the Ural mountains and river to the east, the river Aras to the southeast, and the straits of Gibraltar and the Bosphorus to the south"
 * 3) For Britannica border is "One widely accepted scheme draws the dividing line along the crest of the Greater Caucasus range, putting the portion of the region north of the line in Europe and the portion south of it in Asia. Another puts the western portion of the Caucasus region in Europe and the eastern part (the bulk of Azerbaijan and small portions of Armenia, Georgia, and Russia’s Caspian Sea coast) in Asia. Still another scheme identifies the Aras River and the Turkish border as the line of continental demarcation, thereby locating Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia in Europe."

We can find compromise about definition or ask help ?Analitikos (talk) 00:10, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Given Aras river is often seen as a significant boundary
Given Aras river is often seen as a significant boundary (even between continents of Europe and Asia), I tried to exchange the pictures on the top of the article, so the geographic one would be seen in the preview, but didn't succeed (the change of sequence in source didn't change the location of the graphics in the preview, so I didn't save). If somebody agrees such a change would be worthwhile, and knows how to make it (s)he is welcome to do it. Marjan Tomki SI (talk) 12:46, 8 September 2023 (UTC)