Bezengi Glacier Explained

Bezengi Glacier
Type:	Valley
Location:	Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Map:	Caucasus mountains#Russia Kabardino-Balkaria#European Russia
Label Position:	top
Coords:	43.0569°N 43.0969°W
Area:	36 km^2
Length:	17.6 km
Terminus:	9 km moraine
Status:	Growing
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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

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

• List of glaciers in Russia
• Bezengi Wall

Notes and References

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,
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.