Malka River
Malka ( Малка ) in the western basin of the Terek
Malka (Russian Малка, also known as Balyksu, Karachay- Balkar суу of Балыкъ, " Cloudy Water ") is a 210 km long left tributary of the Terek in the North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino -Balkaria in Russia.
Course
The Malka created about 13 km north-east of Elbrus summit at an altitude of about 2400 m from a variety of source streams that the glaciers entfließen at altitudes 3000-3500 m on the northern slope of the mountain. It flows in a narrow, rocky valley initially in a north easterly direction, breaks the Skalisty comb ( " rocky ridge " ) of the Greater Caucasus, turns gradually in an easterly direction and reaches the village Sarmakowo the plane. At a length of nearly 50 km of the river at the middle reaches of forms - otherwise always on the territory of Kabardino- Balkaria flowing - the border to neighboring Stavropol region. He finally joins up with the settlement Priteretschny, about 20 km east of the city Prochladny in the Terek. The mouth is located on the border with the neighboring republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
The only major tributary is the opening out from the right at Prochladny Baksan, the significantly richer in water is at the confluence as the Malka itself ( an average of more than five times ). A special feature of the river Kura is that the village of Cuba ( Kabardino -Balkaria ) or the Staniza Marjinskaja ( Stavropol region ) of Malka entfließt in the form of a bifurcation and after about 150 km in the dry areas between Terek and Kuma ( " Nogaiersteppe " ) loses.
Hydrology
The catchment area of Malka covers 10,000 km ². The mean discharge rate 28 km above the estuary is 97.8 m³ / s, for which the above contributes little Baksan opens out to 85%. The winter ice is irregular: the Malka freezes in the lower reaches between three days and two months.
Use and infrastructure
The Malka is not navigable. Your water is used on the lower reaches for irrigation of agricultural land. To this end, the Malka is supplied via the Baksan Malka channel water; which in turn feeds Malka Malka example, the Kura - channel and the Lenin Canal, which opens further east in the Terek - Kuma Canal.
The fast-flowing upper and middle reaches of the Malka is popular with canoe athletes.
When named after him village Malka River from the highway M29 from Rostov-on- Don is crossed to the Azerbaijani border; the railway line to Vladikavkaz crosses him on the lower reaches at Prochladny.