Earth:Sulak Canyon
[ ⚑ ] 43°00′34″N 46°49′40″E / 43.00944°N 46.82778°E
| Sulak Canyon | |
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 The Sulak River flowing through the Sulak Canyon | |
| Floor elevation | approx. 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) |
| Length | 53 kilometres (33 mi) |
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| Location | Dagestan, Russia |
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| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 43°00′34″N 46°49′40″E / 43.00944°N 46.82778°E |
| Rivers | Sulak River |
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The Sulak Canyon (Template:Lang-av, Russian: Сулакский каньон) is a steep-sided deepest canyon in Europe carved by the Sulak River in Dagestan, Russia.[1] The Sulak Canyon is 53 kilometres (33 mi) long, and attains a depth of over a mile (1,920 meters or 6,300 feet).[2] It is 63 meters deeper than the Grand Canyon in the US and 620 meters deeper than the Tara River Canyon in Europe.[3]
Geography
The canyon is the result of erosion which exposes one of the most complete geologic columns on the planet. Within this natural site, sediments of the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Tertiary periods come to the surface, in each of which ancient fossils are found. The Sulak canyon is located in the central part of Dagestan, in the valley of the Sulak river, some 100 km away from Makhachkala.
Flora and fauna
The Sulak canyon, is the largest nesting settlement in the Russian Federation of rare, listed in the Red Data Book, vulture birds such as: griffon vultures, and black vultures.[4]
Plants
Some endemic, rare and poorly studied plant species, such as, horned sainfoin, have survived on the territory of the canyon.[5]
Sulak Canyon tourism
Sulak Canyon is a natural attraction in Dagestan.
References
- ↑ "Сулакский каньон в Дагестане захлестнул туристический поток". https://mkala.mk.ru/social/2019/10/29/sulakskiy-kanon-v-dagestane-zakhlestnul-turisticheskiy-potok.html.
- ↑ "На Сулакском каньоне Дагестана пройдет фестиваль горного чая в августе" (in ru). 27 April 2017. https://ria.ru/20170427/1493220273.html.
- ↑ "Аура Сулакского каньона". 2018-09-20. http://dagpravda.ru/obshestvo/aura-sulakskogo-kanona/.
- ↑ "Дагестанский Гранд Каньон". https://ndelo.ru/obshchestvo/dagestanskij-grand-kanon.
- ↑ Ф. П. Цахуева, И. А. Агабалаев (2016). "Ксерофиты Семейства Бобовых В Предгорном Дагестане". 4. Вестник Социально-Педагогического Института. ISSN 2226-0188. https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=32615481.
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