Argun (Sunsha)
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Argun Аргу́н |
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 Argun near Shatili in Georgia, just before the Russian border |
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| Water code | RU : 07020001212108200005795 | |
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Mtskheta-Mtianeti ( Georgia ), Chechnya ( Russia ) |
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| River system | Terek | |
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Main Caucasus ridge 42 ° 30 ′ 22 ″ N , 45 ° 4 ′ 20 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 2800 m | |
| muzzle | in the Sunsha near Argun Coordinates: 43 ° 21 '12 " N , 45 ° 56' 48" E 43 ° 21 '12 " N , 45 ° 56' 48" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 70 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 2730 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 18 ‰ | |
| length | 148 km | |
| Catchment area | 3390 km² | |
| Right tributaries | Sharoargun | |
| Medium-sized cities | Argun | |
| Communities | Itum-Kale , Shatoi | |
| Navigable | not navigable | |
.jpg) The Argun in Georgia |
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The Argun ( Russian Аргу́н , Georgian არღუნი / Arghuni , Chechen Орг / Org ) is a 148 km long right tributary of the Sunscha in Georgia and the North Caucasian Republic of Chechnya in Russia .
course
The river rises at an altitude of about 2800 m on the northern flank of the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus , which is relatively low there at under 3200 m and is called the Pschawi-Chewsuretian ridge on this section . The source is in the Georgian region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, around 90 km as the crow flies north of the capital Tbilisi . This part of the area represents the northern part of the historical region of Chevsureti, named after the Chewsurs , an ethnic group of Georgians, who settled there on both sides of the Caucasus ridge .
The Argun flows first in a northerly direction and after about 20 km reaches Russia. In a mostly narrow gorge it flows through the mountainous, generally sparsely populated part of Chechnya, in the meantime in an easterly direction, then again almost in a northward direction. Below a narrowing of the valley near the village of Duba-Yurt, known as the "Argun Gate", it finally flows into the Terek Sunscha tributary at Ilyinskaya , just under 10 km northeast of the city of Argun, which is named after the river . In addition to Argun, the Chechen capital Grozny and the city of Shali are only about ten kilometers from the river.
The catchment area of the Argun covers 3390 km². The most important tributary is the Scharoargun , which flows in from the right just above the "Argun Gate".
Use and infrastructure
The Argun is not navigable. In the lowland section, its water is used to irrigate agricultural areas and for this purpose it is discharged via channels such as the Argun Canal and the Atagi-Goity Canal .
In the Grozny-Argun area, the river is crossed at two points by the M29 highway from Rostov-on-Don to the Azerbaijani border: by the branch that runs directly through the Chechen capital and the southern bypass route. The Beslan - Grozny - Gudermes railway also crosses the river near the town of Argun . The R305 regional road runs up the Argun from Grozny and leads to the south-western administrative centers of Shatoi (formerly Sowetskoje) and Itum-Kale , which are located on the river . The Georgian area on the upper reaches of the river can be reached via a road coming from Tbilisi over the 2676 m high Datwis-Jwarisgele pass , which is navigable from May to November, to the village of Shatili just before the Russian border.
