Bezengi Glacier
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 watershed of the Caucasus.[1] [2]
| Bezengi Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Bezengi Wall and Bezengi Glacier | |
| Type | Valley |
| Location | Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia |
| Coordinates | 43.0569°N 43.0969°E |
| Area | 36 km2 |
| Length | 17.6 km |
| Terminus | 9 km moraine |
| Status | Growing |
Morphology
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. Bezengi Glacier is original source of the Bezeng River Cherek (Basan River Basin).
See also
References
- Friedrich Bender Classic Climbs in the Caucasus: 80 Selected Climbs in the Elbrus and Bezingi Regions of the Svanetian Range Menasha Ridge Press, 1992, 318 pages ISBN 0897321162, ISBN 9780897321167
- Klok, E. J., and J. Oerlemans. Climate Reconstructions Derived from Global Glacier Length Records. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, vol. 36, no. 4, 2004, pp. 575–583. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1552311. Accessed 28 Sept. 2020.
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