The Etoka (russian: Этока;
Adyghe: Ят1экъуэ, ''Yatheque'') is a mountain creek, a
tributary of the river
Podkumok
The Podkumok () is a river in Stavropol Krai, Russia, right tributary of the Kuma. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is 2,220 km2 (857 mi2). The Podkumok originates in the Greater Caucasus.
It is widely used for ...
(near
Pyatigorsk), in
Predgorny District
Predgorny District (russian: Предго́рный райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Stavropol Krai, Russia.Resolution #63-p Municipally, it is incorporated as Predgorny Municipal District.Law #89-kz ...
,
Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai (russian: Ставропо́льский край, r=Stavropolsky kray, p=stəvrɐˈpolʲskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a Krais of Russia, krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North ...
and north of
Zolsky District,
Kabardino-Balkaria Russia. A village with the same name is located by Etoka.
Water from the river is channeled to feed
Lake Tambukan
Tambukan Lake (russian: link=no, Тамбукан) is a lake with bitter-salt water on Northern Caucasus in Stavropol Krai (about 33% surface) and the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (about 66% surface) of Russia, located eight kilometers from Pyatigo ...
. However this water have led to desalinization of the lake, threatening its balneological properties and disrupting the overall ecology of the area.
The
etymology of the name is from the Adyghe language: "Ят1э,
clay/
mud
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" + "къуэ,
valley"
Rivers ofZolsky District
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References
Rivers of Kabardino-Balkaria
Rivers of Stavropol Krai
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