Alma (Crimea) Explained

Alma

Source1 Location:

Babuğan Yayla, Crimean Mountains

Mouth Location:

Kalamita bay of the Black Sea

Subdivision Type1:

Country

Subdivision Name1:

Crimea

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The Alma (;,) is a small river in Crimea that flows from the Crimean Mountains in a broadly west-north-west direction to the Black Sea. Its mouth lies just south of, halfway between Yevpatoria and Sevastopol. Alma is the Crimean Tatar word for an "apple".

Geography

The Alma, formed by the confluence of the Sary-su, the Savlykh-su and the Babuganka (Babuğan Yayla) rivers, flows mostly through the mountains.^[1] The Alminskoye and Partizanskoye storage reservoirs are located along its course.

History

During the Crimean War of 1853–1856, in the Battle of the Alma near the lower reaches of the Alma river, the allied British, French, and Ottoman armies defeated the Russians under Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov on 20 September 1854.^[2]

Notes and References

Encyclopedia: Alma . 2014 . Grinevetsky, Sergei R. . etal . The Black Sea Encyclopedia. Berlin . Springer . 38. 978-3-642-55226-7.
Book: Callary, Edward . Place Names of Illinois . 29 September 2008 . University of Illinois Press . 978-0-252-09070-7. 6.