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Kur/Araxes? (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Wikidata contributors, Tom Elliott
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Last modified Oct 21, 2025 11:37 AM History
The modern Kor/Kur river in Iran is possibly to be identified as the upper course of the ancient Araxes river in Koile Syria.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922672

29.8548717575, 52.8705970966
    • Less than certain: Araxes (unspecified date range)
    • Kor (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
    • رودخانه کر (Rūdkhāneh-ye Kor: Modern Persian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
    None

river, drainage

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 94 C4 Kur/Araxes? fl.

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kur


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A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, R. Wenke, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Wikidata contributors, and Tom Elliott, 'Kur/Araxes? (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922672> [accessed: 15 January 2026]

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