Misplaced Pages

#105894

17-624: The reservoir, 49 km long, was constructed in 1969–1973, primarily to satisfy the demands of local irrigated farming. Its area is 185 square km, volume 0.7 cubic km. Besides capturing water naturally brought by the tributaries of the East Manych River, the reservoir receives water from the Terek River and the Kuma River over the Kuma–Manych Canal , which was completed a few years before

34-517: A white torrent between the town of Stepantsminda and the village of Gergeti toward the Russian region North Ossetia and the city of Vladikavkaz . It turns east to flow through Chechnya and Dagestan before dividing into two branches which empty into the Caspian Sea. Below the city of Kizlyar it forms a swampy river delta around 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide. The river is a key natural asset in

51-589: Is a 169 km long river with a catchment area of 6800 km². It originates from the glaciers Azau Bolshoi and Azau Maly in the Elbrus region and its food source is mainly glacial, snow and underground. The river experiences high water levels during July and August. The Baksan River has several notable tributaries, the largest of which are the Cherek and Chegem rivers, which merge into the Baksan just upstream from its confluence with

68-739: The Argun and Khukhulau. East of these are the Aksay and the Aktash which formerly dried up in the lowlands between the Sulak and the Terek. In the east the Sulak drains most of interior Dagestan and turns east to the Caspian before it reaches the Terek. The capital of Khazaria , Samandar , may have stood on the banks of the river Terek. The Terek river was the site of the final defeat of

85-688: The Malka River. In the upper reaches of the Baksan and its tributaries, there are several climbing camps such as Baksan , Dzhan-Tuugan, and Elbrus, as well as the Elbrus National Park and the Terskol Observatory. The cities of Tyrnyauz and Baksan are located along the Baksan River, while the city of Prokhladny lies opposite the point where it meets the Malka River. In the lower reaches,

102-555: The Baksan is used for irrigation purposes and has a hydroelectric power station built on it, known as the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Station. The Baksan River also has an increased level of contamination. This Kabardino-Balkaria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia

119-599: The Caucasus it was part of the North Caucasus Line . During World War II, German forces at the end of August 1942 reached the Terek near Mozdok – the farthest extent of German conquests in the Soviet Union – but aside from a small bridgehead were unable to forge further toward the oil fields of Baku , Hitler's objective. The Germans penetrated the left bank of the Terek reaching Vladikavkaz suburbs and West Gizel, near

136-552: The Terek near the mouth of the Ardon. Then there is the north-flowing part of the Terek with the Darial Pass , with two eastern tributaries: Kistinka and Armkhi , flowing into the mountainous region of Ingushetia . The great northwest bend of the Terek is cut off by the northeast-flowing Sunzha which catches most of the north-flowing rivers. These are the north-flowing upper Sunzha, the Assa ,

153-658: The area. Under certain conditions the waters are polluted by blooms of toxic cyanobacteria (blue-gree algae). As the East Manych (and, thus, the Chogray Reservoir) is not connected in a navigable way with any other body of water (although that may change if the Eurasia Canal is constructed), delivering a boat, or any other large floating installation to the Chogray Reservoir would be a non-trivial task. Such an operation

170-662: The army of Hulagu , khan of the Ilkhanate , at the hands of the army of Berke , khan of the Golden Horde , led by Berke's nephew, Nogai Khan , in the first civil war of the Mongol Empire , the Berke–Hulagu war of 1262. Also on the river Timur defeated Tokhtamysh in 1395. The Terek Cossack Host (1577–1832 and 1860– ) had its base in the Terek basin. During the Russian conquest of

187-609: The now built weather station. Baksan (river) The Baksan ( / b ɑː k ˈ s ɑː n / ) is a river in Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia. It flows east northeast and joins the Malka just before that river joins the northwest bend of the Terek . The Baksan is 169 kilometres (105 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 6,800 square kilometres (2,600 sq mi). The Baksan River

SECTION 10

#1732854634106

204-582: The region, providing irrigation and hydroelectric power in its upper reaches. The main cities on the Terek include Vladikavkaz , Mozdok , and Kizlyar . Several minor hydroelectric power stations dam the Terek: Dzau electrostation (in Vladikavkaz), Bekanskaya, and Pavlodolskaya. The construction of the Dariali Hydropower Plant with a planned installed capacity of 108 MW started in 2011 on

221-466: The reservoir. Later on, another irrigation canal – the Chernyye Zemli Main Canal (Черноземельский магистральный канал, Chernozemelsky magistralny kanal ) was built, taking water from the Chogray Reservoir further east and north, into Kalmykia. In 2008, after almost 40 years of operation, the reservoir was reported as in dire need of maintenance, as were many other reservoirs of its age in

238-611: The territory of Kazbegi municipality near the Russia–Georgia border. Leo Tolstoy 's novel The Cossacks is set on the Terek and amongst its Cossacks . The Terek's source is in the Truso Gorge and drains most of the northeast Caucasus east into the Caspian just as its sister, the Kuban , drains the northwest Caucasus west into the Black Sea. Its major tributaries are the following. In

255-705: The west a fan of rivers flows east and northeast into the Terek. These are the east-flowing Malka , the Baksan , the Chegem and the Cherek with its two branches. These three join the Malka just before it reaches the Terek. The Liashen, Urukh , Duradur and Duradon flow northeast, the Ardon and its tributary, the Fiagdon flow north and the Gizeldon drains the north slope of Mount Kazbek and reaches

272-719: Was still remembered locally. Terek River The Terek ( / ˈ t ɛr ɪ k / ) is a major river in the Northern Caucasus . It originates in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and flows through North Caucasus region of Russia into the Caspian Sea . It rises near the juncture of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Khokh Range , to the southwest of Mount Kazbek , winding north in

289-545: Was undertaken in 1976, when two large floating pumping units, weighing 320 and 280 metric tons, respectively, had to be delivered to the reservoir for use by the local irrigators. They were taken by boat from the Don up the West Manych River waterway to Lake Manych-Gudilo – the end of the existing navigable waterway, – from where they were transported 85 km overland using special heavy trailers. Thirty years later, that story

#105894