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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 934 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUBAN , a See also:

river of See also:southern See also:Russia, rising on the W. slope of the Elbruz, in the See also:Caucasus, at an See also:altitude of 13,930 ft., races down the N. See also:face of the Caucasus as a See also:mountain torrent, but upon getting down to the See also:lower-lying See also:steppe See also:country S. of See also:Stavropol it turns, at 1075 ft. altitude, towards the N.W., and eventually, assuming a See also:westerly course, enters the Gulf of Kyzyl-tash, on the See also:Black See also:Sea, in the vicinity of the Straits of See also:Kerch. Its lower course lies for some distance through marshes, where in times of overflow its breadth increases from the normal 700 ft. to over See also:half a mile. Its See also:total length is 500 m., the See also:area of its See also:basin 21,480 sq. m. It is navigable for steamers for 73 m., as far as the confluence of its tributary, the Laba (200 M. See also:long). This, like its other effluents, the Byelaya (155 M.), Urup, and See also:Great and Little Zelenchuk, joins it from the See also:left. The Kuban is the See also:ancient Hypanis and See also:Vardanes and the Pshishche of the Circassians.

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