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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 320 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARAS , the anc. Araxes, and the Phasis of See also:

Xenophon (Turk. and Arab. See also:Ras, Armen. Yerash, Georg. Rashki), a See also:river which rises See also:south of See also:Erzerum, in the Bingeul-dagh, and flows See also:east through the See also:province of Erzerum, across the Pasin See also:plateau, and then through See also:Russian See also:Armenia, passing between See also:Mount See also:Ararat and See also:Erivan, and forming the Russo-See also:Persian frontier. Its course is about 600 m. See also:long; its See also:principal tributary is the Zanga, which flows by Erivan and drains See also:Lake See also:Gokcha or Sevanga. It is a rapid and muddy stream, dangerous to See also:cross when swollen by the melting of the snows in Armenia, but fordable in its See also:ordinary See also:state. It formerly joined the Kura; but in 1897 it changed its See also:lower course, and now runs See also:direct to the Kizil-agach See also:Bay of the See also:Caspian. On an See also:island in its See also:bed stood Artaxata, the See also:capital of Armenia from 18o B.C. to A.D. 50.

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