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Bezengi Glacier | |
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Type | Valley |
Location | Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia |
Coordinates | 43°03′25″N 43°05′49″E / 43.0569°N 43.0969°E |
Area | 36 km2 |
Length | 17.6 km |
Terminus | 9 km moraine |
Status | Growing |
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The Bezengi Glacier ( Karachay-Balkar: Uluchiran) is a vast valley-type glacier in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, near the northern slope of the Main Caucasian Range of the Caucasus. [1] [2]
The Bezengi Glacier runs from the peaks of Shkhara and Janga until it drops to height 2000 m. Glacier area 36 km, length 17.6 km, tongue about 9 km. Much of the tongue of the mare is covered with moraines and fragments. The Bezengi Glacier is a source of the river Cherek.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (August 2023) |
Bezengi Glacier | |
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Type | Valley |
Location | Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia |
Coordinates | 43°03′25″N 43°05′49″E / 43.0569°N 43.0969°E |
Area | 36 km2 |
Length | 17.6 km |
Terminus | 9 km moraine |
Status | Growing |
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The Bezengi Glacier ( Karachay-Balkar: Uluchiran) is a vast valley-type glacier in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, near the northern slope of the Main Caucasian Range of the Caucasus. [1] [2]
The Bezengi Glacier runs from the peaks of Shkhara and Janga until it drops to height 2000 m. Glacier area 36 km, length 17.6 km, tongue about 9 km. Much of the tongue of the mare is covered with moraines and fragments. The Bezengi Glacier is a source of the river Cherek.