The Bolshoy Zelenchuk (russian: Большой Зеленчук) is a river in the
North Caucasus
The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...
,
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Kuban
Kuban (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Кубань; ady, Пшызэ) is a historical and geographical region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Pontic–Caspian steppe, ...
into which it flows at
Nevinnomyssk
Nevinnomyssk (russian: Невинномы́сск) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on both banks of the Kuban River at its confluence with the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, south of Stavropol.
The ...
. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Большой Зеленчук
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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References
Rivers of Krasnodar Krai
Rivers of Karachay-Cherkessia
Rivers of Stavropol Krai
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