Choban-Kule-Uzen (also Cheban-Kule ; ukr. Crimean -Kule-Uzen Crimean-Tat. Çoban Qule Özen, Choban Kule-Ozen ) is a small river on the south-eastern coast of Crimea , in the eastern part of the Main ridge of the Crimean mountains . The length of the river is 7.5 km, the catchment area is 18.4 km² [2] . It is named after the medieval castle Choban-Kul , near which it flows into the sea.
| Choban-Kule-Uzen | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Choban-Kule-Uzen , Crimean Tat. Çoban Qule Özen | |
 The Cheban-Kule River at the mouth. | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 7.5 km |
| Pool | 18.4 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | The slopes of the main ridge of the Crimean mountains |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
| • Height | 0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Crimea |
| Area | Zander |
 - source  - mouth | |
The beginning of the river is the source of Choban-Kule-Chokrak [3] , on the southeastern slope of the Main ridge of the Crimean mountains , at the top of Chok-Sary-Kayazil-Kaya [4] . It flows almost meridionally from north to south. In some sources, the upper reaches of Cheban-Kule is called Tuz-Erler , in the middle reaches - Yurtyn-Uzen [5] [6] [7] . The river is shallow, has runoff only in spring and after heavy rains; mudflows are typical [8] . It flows into the Black Sea four kilometers west of the village of Morskoye , at Cape Choban-Kule [5] or Agira [4] . According to the reference book “Surface water bodies of the Crimea”, there are 8 unnamed tributaries [2] near the river, some are named on detailed maps: right, from the mouth - Muchinin- deresi , Shangrei-dere , left - Jafstolun and Kirim [5] [7] .
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the subject of territorial disagreements between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which the disputed territory is recognized by the international community. According to the federal structure of Russia , the subjects of the Russian Federation are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , the regions of Ukraine are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status Sevastopol .
- ↑ 1 2 AA Lisovsky, V.A. Novik, Z.V. Timchenko, Z.R. Mustafaeva. Surface water bodies of Crimea (reference book) / AA Lisovsky. - Simferopol : Reskomvodkhoz ARK, 2004. - S. 10. - 114 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 966-7711-26-9 .
- ↑ Peter Keppen . About the antiquities of the southern coast of Crimea and the Tauride mountains. . - St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1837. - S. 138. - 417 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Oliferov, August Nikolaevich; Timchenko, Zinaida Vladimirovna. Rivers and Lakes of Crimea. . - Simferopol: Share, 2005 .-- 216 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Tourist map of Crimea. South Coast. . This is Place.ru (2007). Date of appeal October 26, 2017.
- ↑ Amelichev G.N., Epikhin D.V., Prokopov G.A. Aunlar tract as a potential object of the Crimea Nature Reserve Fund // Scientific notes of the V.I. Crimean Federal University Vernadsky / Vakhrushev Boris Alexandrovich. - Simferopol, 2014 .-- T. 22.
- ↑ 1 2 Layout of Crimea from the Military Topographic Depot. . This is Place.ru (1890). Date of appeal October 26, 2017.
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 6. Ukraine and Moldova. Vol. 4. Crimea / ed. M. M. Eisenberg and M. S. Kaganer. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 344 p.