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   A  few  km   after   Srashen   the   road forks, the left branch descending into the floodplain of the Tsav river at Nerkin Hand. Here along the river is a grove of plane trees (Platanus orientalis), sacred to the ancient Armenians, since 1958 the “Platan” State Reservation.

   Tsav is  located  on  a  picturesque part of the Tsav river. It has a church and, S of the river on a crag upstream from the village, a modest medieval Aghjkaberd, “Maiden Castle.” Somewhere nearby is another fortress, Ghazaghan. The mountains on   either   side    of    the    Tsav    and

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Shikahogh river, with forests of oak and hornbeam, are included in the 100 sq. km. Shikahogh State Reserve.