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| Podkumok | |
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The Podkumok near Georgiyevsk
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Kuma |
• coordinates | 44°11′43″N 43°29′29″E / 44.1954°N 43.4913°E / 44.1954; 43.4913 |
| Length | 160 km (99 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,220 km2 (860 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kuma→ Caspian Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Etoka |
The Podkumok (Russian: Подкумок) is a riverinStavropol Krai, Russia, right tributary of the Kuma. The length of the river is 160 km (99 mi). The area of its basin is 2,220 km2 (857 mi2).[1]
Originating in the Greater Caucasus, the Podkumok is widely used for irrigation. The biggest hydroelectric daminImperial Russia Water-powers Белые угли, built in 1903, was located on the Podkumok near Yessentuki.
The towns of Kislovodsk, Yessentuki, Pyatigorsk, Georgiyevsk and urban-type settlements Goryachevodsky, Svobody are located on the Podkumok.
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