It starts near sources of the Araxes river and stretches from the south bank as far west as Mount Ararat.

[1][2] The length of the ridge 200 km, the height - up to 3445 m. It was formed by a chain of volcanoes that arose along a major tectonic fault.

In the 1920s, the newly-founded Turkish Republic started the Turkification of all Armenian toponyms remaining in the eastern half of present-day Turkey.

This mountain range, extending from west to east, divides the geography it passes through into two in the north-south direction.

[4] Doğubayazıt Reeds are located to the east of Zor Dağ, which is part of the Aras Mountains.