Göyçay

Göyçay takes its name from a river descending from the Greater Caucasus towards the Shirvan plain. The clear water gives the river its name, meaning “blue river”, as it leaves the mountains for the lower country. Shirvan stretched from the southeastern Caucasian foothills towards the Kura, embracing both mountain slopes and the plain below. The river and its tributaries carried water and sediment out of the highlands, crossing the dry country between the mountains and the great river.