The Cherek (russian: Черек) is a river in
Kabardino-Balkaria
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...
in
Russia
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, a
right
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tributary of the
Baksan (
Terek Terek may refer to:
Places China
* (), a list of township-level divisions of Xinjiang, town in Xinjiang, China
Kyrgyzstan
*Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region
*Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region
*Terek ...
basin).
[Черек]
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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The Cherek is long and drains a
basin of .
The Cherek is formed by the confluence of the
Cherek-Balkarsky and
Cherek-Khulamsky, both of which originate in the
glacier
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s of the northern slopes of the
Greater Caucasus
The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
, one of them being the
Bezengi Glacier.
[ The river ]Nalchik
Nalchik (russian: Нальчик, p=ˈnalʲtɕɪk; Kabardian: //; krc, Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about nor ...
flows into the Urvan, which is a branch of the Cherek.
References
Rivers of Kabardino-Balkaria
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