Terek

This article covers the Terek River; the city of the same name in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia) is treated under Terek (city) .

Terek Tereк
The Sunni Mosque in Vladikavkaz
Data
Water code	RU :  07020000212108200002513
location	Georgia , North Ossetia-Alania , Kabardino-Balkaria , Chechnya , Dagestan ( Russia )
River system	Terek
source	southwest of the Kazbek 42 ° 37 '17 "  N , 44 ° 14' 48"  E
Source height	approx.  3200  m
muzzle	Caspian Sea east of Kislyar Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′ 43 "  N , 47 ° 33 ′ 42"  E 43 ° 35 ′ 43 "  N , 47 ° 33 ′ 42"  E
Mouth height	28  m below sea level
Height difference	approx. 3228 m
Bottom slope	approx. 5.2 ‰
length	623 km
Catchment area	43,200 km²
Outflow location: 16 km above the mouth	MQ	305 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Malka , Uruch , Ardon
Right tributaries	Sunsha
Big cities	Vladikavkaz
Medium-sized cities	Beslan , Maiski , Mosdok , Kisljar
Small towns	Terek
Communities	Stepantsminda
On the upper reaches of the Terek in Georgia
Near the Terek source on the Silgi-Choch below the Kasbek (photo from 1886)
River basin of the Terek

The Terek ( Russian Терек ; Georgian თერგი / Tergi ; Ossetian Терк / Terk ; Kabardian Тэрч / Tartsch ; Ingush Тийрк / Tijrk ; Chechen Терка / Terka ) is a 623 km long tributary of the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus .

Course and general

The Terek flows in about 3200  m from a glacier on the northeast flank of the 3,857 m high mountain Silgachoch (Silgi-Choch), south of the Kazbek in the Greater Caucasus , in northern Georgia . It circles the Kazbek and initially flows north through the Darial Gorge into Russia . The river continues north through the North Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz , only to turn east at the level of Mozdok . The Terek then flows through Chechnya and Dagestan . Below Kisljar it forms a swampy, 4000 km² river delta .

The Russian football club Terek Grozny was named after the little north of the city named by leading river, the historic Terek Cossack Army after the catchment area of the river.

use

On its lower reaches the Terek is used for irrigation , on the upper reaches of the operation of hydropower plants .

Web links

Commons : Terek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Article Terek in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D109994~2a%3D~2b%3DTerek
2. ↑ ^{a b} Terek in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)