Rivers and lakes of Armenia

The Rivers and lakes in Armenia are mainly powered by fresh water. Throughout history Armenia has been called Nairi by the Assyrians meaning the "Land of the lakes and rivers". Armenia is home to many rivers and lakes.

A map of Armenian rivers and their basins

The largest river of Armenia is the Arax, which lies on the country's border with Iran and a large part of the border with Turkey. Its major tributaries are the Akhurian, Kasagh, Hrazdan, Azat, Arpa, Vorotan and Voghdji rivers. The largest rivers in north west part of the country are the Debed and Aghstev, while smaller ones include the Dzoraget and the Pambak.

The following table is the list of the biggest rivers in Armenia:

River	Length (km)
Akhurian River	205
Vorotan River	179
Araks River	158
Hrazdan River	146
Arpa River	126
Aghstev River	99
Debed River	92
Kasagh River	89
Voghdji River	88
Pambak River	86
Dzoraget River	71
Getik River	58
Vedi River	58
Azat River	56
Argitchi River	51

Lake Sevan

Armenia has one very large lake called Lake Sevan and more than 100 small mountain lakes. None of them, except Sevan and Lake Arpi, have yet been extensively studied. The water resources of the lakes amount to about 39,300,000,000 cubic metres (5.14×10¹⁰ cu yd), Sevan holding most of this, nearly 39,000,000,000 cubic metres (5.1×10¹⁰ cu yd) (before the drainage it had almost 58,000,000,000 cubic metres (7.6×10¹⁰ cu yd)).

Lake Parz

At the country's capital, Yerevan, it is possible to find small lakes, often in amusement parks.