city is secured from floods by mountain woodlands. It makes the view of the city even more beautiful. The mountainous grassland, brown mountain woodlands, meadow-forest, grey-brown soils cover the city. Oak, peanuts, hornbeam trees are spacious in the woodlands. The animal world is rich. The main streams of the city are Kish and Gurcana rivers. Kish is the right arm of Eyrichay, it is 33 km long, and the basin area is 265 km2. It starts at 2900 meters above the southern slope of the main Caucasian Range. It is one of the most flooded rivers of Transcaucasia. The upper axis is called Damarchin. Notable persons Mirza Fatali Akhundov - writer, public figure Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh - poet Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov - World War II participant, partisan See also Iki arvadli, famous dance of the region References External links Districts of Azerbaijan