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Azerbaijan, on average, abstracts 11 000 million m³ of water annually to meet the water demand of various economic activities, of which 83 % is met from surface waters. The Kura and Aras are large rivers flowing into Azerbaijan that play a significant role in the overall water balance of the country. In addition, Azerbaijan has 63 reservoirs, of which only four have a volume larger than 1 000 million m³. The Mingeçevir reservoir on the Kura river is the largest, with a capacity of 15 700 million m³, from which water is used for power generation and irrigation. The Samur river plays an important role in providing drinking water supplies and irrigation in north-eastern Azerbaijan and the Absheron peninsula, via the Samur-Absheron channel (UNECE, 2011b).