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 Azerbaijan, republic in the Transcaucasia region of western Asia, bordered on the north by Russia, on the northwest by Georgia, on the east by the Caspian Sea, on the south by Iran, and on the west by Armenia.
Formerly a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the republic includes the regions of Nagorno-Karabakh and Naxçivan (Nakhichevan'). Naxçivan is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by a mountainous strip of land in Armenia. Baku, a large port city on the Caspian Sea, is the capital and largest city.
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Land and Resources
Azerbaijan, which covers an area of about 86,600 sq km (about
33,400 sq mi), is a land of high mountain ranges and low river valleys. The
Caucasus Mountains form much of the country's northern border and contain
Mount Bazardüzü, which reaches a height of 4466 m (about 14,653 ft), the
highest elevation in the republic. The tallest mountains of the Lesser
Caucasus ( Malyy Kavkaz) form the country's southeastern boundary and attain
heights of about 3500 m (about 11,500 ft).
The central portion of the
country is dominated by the Aras-Kura river valleys. With the exception of
the Länkäran Lowland in the subtropical southeast and upper elevations in
the mountainous zones, the climate is generally arid. Large-scale canals
divert water, primarily for agricultural purposes. The Verkhne-Karabakhskiy
Canal channels water from the Mingäçevir Reservoir on the upper Kura to the
Aras River. The Samur-Apsheronskiy Canal redirects water from the Samur
River on Azerbaijan's northern border to the Abseron Peninsula, which juts
into the Caspian Sea.
Forests grow in the subalpine zone, which is inhabited
by bear, deer, lynx, and wild boar. The arid and semiarid lowlands support a
great number of lizards, poisonous snakes, and other reptiles.
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