The Cherek (Russian: Черек) is a river in Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia, a right tributary of the Baksan (Terek basin).[1] The Cherek is 79 kilometres (49 mi) long and drains a basin of 3,070 square kilometres (1,190 mi2).[2] The Cherek is formed by the confluence of the Cherek-Balkarsky and Cherek-Khulamsky, both of which originate in the glaciers of the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus, one of them being the Bezengi Glacier.[1] The river Nalchik flows into the Urvan, which is a branch of the Cherek.[3]
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Cherek. July 2009
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Cherek. July 2009
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Cherek. July 2009
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Cherek. July 2009
References
- ^ a b Черек, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ “Река Черек in the State Water Register of Russia”. textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ “Водоток Урвань, проток р. Черек in the State Water Register of Russia”. textual.ru (in Russian).