Fiagdon (russian: Фиагдон, os, Фыййагдон, ''Fyjjagdon'') is a river in
North Ossetia–Alania
The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania; os, Республикӕ Цӕгат Ирыстон — Алани, ''Respublikæ Cægat Iryston — Alani'', ) is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. Its population acco ...
(
Russia
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) west of
Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...
. It flows north between the
Ardon and the
Gizeldon
The Gizeldon (russian: Гизельдон or Гизель-Дон; os, Джызæлдон, ''Džyzældon''), is a river in North Ossetia–Alania just west of Vladikavkaz. It drains the northern slopes and glaciers of Mount Kazbek north to the Ter ...
and joins the Ardon before that river joins the
Terek. The river is long, with a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
of .
Verkhny Fiagdon
Verkhny Fiagdon or Upper Fiagdon ( os, Уæллаг Фиййагдон; ''Wællag Fijjagdon'', russian: Верхний Фиагдон) is a settlement in Alagirsky District of North Ossetia–Alania (Russia). Verkhny Fiagdon is located in Kurtat v ...
and
Dzuarikau Dzuarikau (russian: Дзуарикау; os, Дзуарыхъæу, ''Dzuaryqæw'') is a village in North Ossetia in Russia. The Dzuarikau–Tskhinvali pipeline, a natural gas corridor leading to South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხ ...
are some of the major villages that lie on Fiagdon River.
References
Rivers of North Ossetia–Alania
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