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Bezengi Glacier

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Bezengi Glacier
Bezengi Wall and Bezengi Glacier
Map showing the location of Bezengi Glacier
Map showing the location of Bezengi Glacier
Bezengi Glacier
Map showing the location of Bezengi Glacier
Map showing the location of Bezengi Glacier
Bezengi Glacier
Map showing the location of Bezengi Glacier
Map showing the location of Bezengi Glacier
Bezengi Glacier
TypeValley
LocationKabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Coordinates43°03′25″N 43°05′49″E / 43.0569°N 43.0969°E / 43.0569; 43.0969
Area36 km2
Length17.6 km
Terminus9 km moraine
StatusGrowing
Map

The 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 Caucasian Range of the Caucasus.[1] [2]

Morphology

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The 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. The Bezengi Glacier is a source of the river Cherek.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.