Assa (river)

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Assa
Асса
Ingushetia - Assin Valley.jpeg
Data
Water code RU07020001112108200005482
location Georgia ,
Ingushetia , Chechnya ( Russia )
River system Terek
Drain over Sunsha  → Terek  → Caspian Sea
source Schebusel Glacier
43 ° 10 ′ 52 ″  N , 44 ° 59 ′ 36 ″  E
Source height approx.  3400  m
muzzle at Sakan-Yurt in the Sunscha coordinates: 43 ° 14 ′ 37 "  N , 45 ° 23 ′ 33"  E 43 ° 14 ′ 37 "  N , 45 ° 23 ′ 33"  E
Mouth height approx.  177  m
Height difference approx. 3223 m
Bottom slope approx. 24 ‰
length 133 km
Catchment area 2060 km²

The Assa ( Chechen Ӏаьса-хи / Ìa'sa-hi, Ingush Эса-хий / Èsa-hij ) is a river in the North Caucasus . It rises on the northern slope of the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus in Georgia and flows through the Russian republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya . The length of the river in Georgia is 20 kilometers, in Ingushetia 91 kilometers and in Chechnya 32 kilometers.

The villages of Zeischty, Verkhny Alkun, Nizhny Alkun, Muschitschi, Galaschki, Alchasty, the stanizians Nesterovskaya and Assinovskaya, Novy Sharoi and Sakan-Yurt are located on the Assa .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c TK250 of the Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. In: Galgaia (website). Retrieved April 3, 2011 .
  2. Асса, река in the Encyclopedia Brockhaus-Efron
  3. a b Assa in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)