Kuma River (Russia)

Kuma River (Russia)

The Kuma ( _ru. Кума́) is an 802 km (498 mile) long river in southern Russia. Its drainage basin is 33 500 square km. Its source is in the northern Caucasus, in the republic Karachay-Cherkessia, west of Kislovodsk. It flows in northeastern direction, through Stavropol Krai (towns Mineralnye Vody, Zelenokumsk, Budyonnovsk, Neftekumsk) and through Dagestan. The Kuma flows into the Caspian Sea near the border between Dagestan and Kalmykia.

If the plans for the proposed Eurasia Canal, linking the Caspian Sea with the Black Sea, are ever implemented, it will likely follow the Kuma River valley in its eastern section.


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