The Malka (), also known as Balyksu (), is a river in

Kabardino-Balkaria The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...

in Russia, which forms the northwest part of the

Terek Terek may refer to: Places China * (), a town in Xinjiang, China Kyrgyzstan * Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region *Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region * Terek Pass, a mountain pass in the Altay Mountain ...

basin.Малка

Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya en ...

It is long, and its

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, ...

covers . The Malka originates in the

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

s on the northern slopes of

Mount Elbrus Mount Elbrus ( rus, links=no, Эльбрус, r=Elbrus, p=ɪlʲˈbrus; kbd, Ӏуащхьэмахуэ, 'uaşhəmaxuə; krc, Минги тау, Mingi Taw) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the we ...

, flows north and then east. Near the point where it joins the great northwest bend of the

it receives several northeast-flowing rivers such as the Baksan. The town of Prokhladny is along the Malka.

References

Rivers of Kabardino-Balkaria {{Russia-river-stub 26/10/1942-1943 Germans crossed the River Mlaka, near Nalchik and Malchik to get to Grozny, "The Terrible"