Kura (Russia)

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Kura
Кура
Data
Water code RU :  07010001212108200004289
location Ciscaucasus ; Russia ( Stavropol Region , Kabardino-Balkaria )
River system Kura
origin Bifurcation from the Malka
43 ° 51 '56 "  N , 43 ° 27' 45"  O
Source height approx.  450  m
Infiltration in the Nogaier steppe coordinates: 44 ° 2 ′ 6 ″  N , 44 ° 49 ′ 59 ″  E, 44 ° 2 ′ 6 ″  N , 44 ° 49 ′ 59 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  120  m
Height difference approx. 330 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.7 ‰
length 198 km
Catchment area 2650 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Kurganskoje Reservoir , Rostovanovskoye Reservoir , Kurskoje Reservoir
Medium-sized cities Novopavlovsk
Communities Marjinskaya , Sovetskaya , Kurskaya
Kura (Russia) (Stavropol region)
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Relief map of the Stavropol region with the source and mouth of the Kura

The Kura ( Russian Кура ) is an approximately 200 km long river in the northern Caucasus foothills ( Ciskaucasia ).

It mainly flows through the southernmost part of the Russian region (Krai) Stavropol , only two short sections on the middle course mark the border with the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria .

The river arises between the village of Cuba (Kabardino-Balkaria) and Stanitsa Marjinskaja (Stavropol region) from a bifurcation (fork) of the Malka river . The Kura flows first in a northeasterly direction and then mainly eastwards. After about 150 km as the crow flies (about 50 km east of Kurskaja ), it disappears in the semi-desert-like arid regions between the Terek and Kuma rivers ( Nogai Steppes ), where it is finally diverted into several irrigation channels.

At Kurskaja the river has been dammed since 1948 to the 5 km² large Kurskoye reservoir , which was originally used to generate energy, today it is used for irrigation, recreation and fishing.

The Kura is not navigable. Their water is used on the meandering lower course, which - mainly due to artificial damming - forms numerous small lakes, to irrigate agricultural areas. The lower reaches of the Kura are crossed by the Terek Kuma Canal.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soviet General Staff Map 1: 100,000. Sheet K-38-3 (Edition 1988)
  2. ↑ Soviet General Staff Map 1: 100,000. Sheet L-38-138 (1985 edition)
  3. ↑ a b Kura in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  4. ↑ P. Magarita: Fishing in the Stavropol Kura ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rybalka.hut.ru archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian)