Sunzha River
Course of the Sunzha ( Сунжа ) in the catchment area of the Terek
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The Sunzha (Russian Сунжа, Сунжæ Ossetian, Chechen Соьлжа ) is a 278 km long right tributary of the Terek on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus in Russia.
Course
The Sunzha rises at an altitude of about 1200 m in the densely forested border mountains of the Caucasus on the border between the Republics of North Ossetia-Alania and Ingushetia. The source is located about 20 km as the crow southeast of the North Ossetian capital Vladikavkaz. The Sunzha turns first to the north, and soon reached the territory of Ingushetia. There, she turns to the east, which they mainly retains up to its confluence with the Terek the village Braguny, about 10 km north of the city Gudermes.
The Sunzha flows in its broad Talniederung the most densely populated parts of the republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya; by the river or in its vicinity are the capital cities of both republics, Magas and Grozny, the city of Nazran and a number of other towns and large villages, including the most populous, with more than 65,000 inhabitants Rural Settlement of Russia Ordschonikidsewskaja. After the river a number of places named, so the large village Sunzha in North Ossetia-Alania; as well as the carrying Rajons Sunschenski in Ingushetia and Chechnya in Sunschenski.
The most important tributaries are Asa Martan and Argun, all opening on to the territory of Chechnya from the right.
Hydrology
The catchment area of the river comprises 12.2 thousand km ². The mean river discharge in mouth close is 85.4 m³ / s In their relatively high average solids content of 3,800 g / m³ the Sunzha per year transported 12.2 million tons of solids.
Use and infrastructure
The Sunzha is not navigable. Your water is used to a considerable extent for irrigation of agricultural land.
Between Nazran and Grozny Gudermes over the railway line Beslan follow - Gudermes and the M29 highway Rostov-on- Don to the Azerbaijani border the valley of the river.