Bezengi Glacier

The Bezengi Glacier (Karachay-Balkar: Уллу чыран, romanized: Ullu çıran, lit. 'big glacier') is a vast valley-type glacier in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, near the northern slope of the Main Caucasian Range of the Caucasus.^{[1] [2]}

Bezengi Glacier
Bezengi Wall and Bezengi Glacier
Bezengi Glacier Show map of Caucasus Mountains Bezengi Glacier Show map of Kabardino-Balkaria Bezengi Glacier Show map of European Russia
Type	Valley
Location	Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Coordinates	43.0569°N 43.0969°E / 43.0569; 43.0969
Area	36 km2
Length	17.6 km
Terminus	9 km moraine
Status	Growing

Morphology

The Bezengi Glacier runs from the peaks of Shkhara and Janga until it drops to height 2000 m. Glacier area 36 km, length 17.6 km, tongue about 9 km. Much of the tongue of the mare is covered with moraines and fragments. The Bezengi Glacier is a source of the river Cherek.

See also

• List of glaciers in Russia
• Bezengi Wall