Kurdzhips

Kurdzhips

Kurdzhips

River

The Kurdzhips (Russian: Курджипс), located in the Caucasus Mountains, is a river in the Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar region, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Belaya near Maykop. It is 100 kilometres (62 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 768 square kilometres (297 sq mi).[1]

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The river is a venue for wilderness and extreme sports.[2][3] The river gained world attention in 2000 when Neanderthal remains were discovered in a cave on its banks.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Река Курджипс in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
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    Republic of Adygea Archived 2015-06-02 at the Wayback Machine.
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    International Rock Climbing Festival in Guamka, Russia.
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    Igor V. Ovchinnikov, Anders Götherström, Galina P. Romanova, Vitaliy M. Kharitonov, Kerstin Lidén & William Goodwin Molecular analysis of Neanderthal DNA from the northern Caucasus. Nature 404, 490-493 (30 March 2000).
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    John F. Hoffecker (2002). Desolate Landscapes: Ice-Age Settlement in Eastern Europe. Rutgers University Press.
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