Kuban (river)

Kuban River
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Location
Location	Eastern Europe
Country	Russia
Federal subjects	Krasnodar Krai  Karachay-Cherkessia  Stavropol Krai  Adygea
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Main Caucasian Range Russia
• elevation	3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Mouth	Sea of Azov
• coordinates	45°20′N 37°24′E / 45.333°N 37.400°E / 45.333; 37.400
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	870 km (540 mi)
Basin size	57,900 km2 (22,400 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	425 m3/s (15,000 cu ft/s) (maximum near Krasnodar)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Urup, Laba, Belaya
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Kuban Delta: Group of limans between Kuban & Protoka Rivers
Designated	13 September 1994
Reference no.	674[1]
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Kuban Delta: Akhtaro-Grivenskaya group of limans
Designated	13 September 1994
Reference no.	675[2]

The Kuban^[a] is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Caucasus and drains into the Sea of Azov. The Kuban runs mostly through Krasnodar Krai for 660 kilometres (410 mi), but also in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Stavropol Krai and the Republic of Adygea.

The Kuban flows 870 kilometres (540 mi) north and west from its source near Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus Mountains, eventually reaching Temryuk Bay in the Sea of Azov. It is navigable up to Krasnodar. Major cities on the river are Karachayevsk, Cherkessk, Nevinnomyssk, Armavir, Novokubansk, Kropotkin, Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar and Temryuk. Despite its name, Slavyansk-on-Kuban lies not on the Kuban River, but on its distributary the Protoka.

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