Kabardino-Balkaria

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic (, Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika; Kabardian: Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ; Balkar: Къабарты-Малкъар Республика), or Kabardino-Balkaria (, Kabardino-Balkariya), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in the North Caucasus.

Geography

The republic is situated in the North Caucasus mountains, with plains in the northern part.

• Area:
• Borders:
• internal: Stavropol Krai (N/NE), Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (E/SE/S), Karachay-Cherkess Republic (W/NW)
• international: Georgia (S/SW)
• Highest point: Mount Elbrus (5,642 m)
• Maximum N->S distance:
• Maximum E->W distance:

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Kabardino-Balkaria is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Rivers

Major rivers include:

• Terek River (623&nbsp;km)
• Malka River (216&nbsp;km)
• Baksan River (173&nbsp;km)
• Urukh River (104&nbsp;km)
• Chegem River (102&nbsp;km)
• Cherek River (76&nbsp;km)
• Argudan River
• Kurkuzhin River
• Lesken River

Lakes

There are around 100 lakes in the republic, none of which are large. Just over half (fifty-five) are located...
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