 The river should not be confused with the Kura River, Russia, a westward flowing tributary of the Malka River in Stavropol Krai; the Kur River near Kursk, Russia; Kur River near Khabarovsk, also in Russia and Kor River, which is located in Fars Province, Iran.It rises in northeastern Turkey in a small valley in the Kars Upland of the Lesser Caucasus.It flows west, then north and east past Ardahan, and crosses into Georgia.