Khachintchay

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Khachintschaj
Xacinçay
Course of the Khachintschaj (Chatsjenaget)

Course of the Khachintschaj ( Chatsjenaget )

Data
location Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , Azerbaijan
River system Kura
Drain over Kura  → Caspian Sea
source Karabakh Mountains
39 ° 59 ′ 40 ″  N , 46 ° 19 ′ 47 ″  E
Source height approx.  2000  m
muzzle Kura coordinates: 40 ° 15 '24 "  N , 47 ° 27' 54"  E 40 ° 15 '24 "  N , 47 ° 27' 54"  E
Mouth height 190  m
Height difference approx. 1810 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length 119 km
Catchment area 657 km²
Drain MQ
3.2 m³ / s
Reservoirs flowed through Khachin dam
Communities Vank , Qızıl Kəngərli
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The Chatschintschaj ( Armenian Խաչեն Chat's ; Russian Хачинчай Xaçınçay ) is a right tributary of the Kura in Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic .

The Khachintschaj rises in the northern part of the Karabakh Mountains . It flows in an easterly direction through the mountains. The Khachintschaj passes, among other things, the village of Vank . When leaving the mountains, it is dammed up by the Khachin dam . The river leaves the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and flows through the Transcaucasian Depression in an easterly direction. The lower reaches of the Khachintschaj are canalised. It finally flows into the Kura. The Khachintschaj has a length of 119 km. It drains an area of ​​657 km².