Editing Kuma–Manych Depression

{{Short description|Geological depression in southwestern Russia}}
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The '''Kuma–Manych depression''' ({{langx|ru|Кумо–Манычская впадина|Kumo–Manychskaya vpadina}})  is a [[depression (geology)|geological depression]] in southwestern [[Russia]] that separates the [[East European Plain|Russian Plain]] to the north from [[North Caucasus|Ciscaucasia]] to the south.<ref name= EB>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/place/Kuma-Manych-Depression|title='Kuma-Manych Depression'. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015|accessdate=3 December 2015}}</ref> It is named after the [[Kuma (Russia)|Kuma]] and [[Manych]] rivers.<ref>Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Lagekarte Manytschniederung.png|thumb|left|300px|Kuma–Manych Depression (in violet)]]

Kuma–Manych depression is sometimes regarded as a definition for the natural [[boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe|boundary between Asia and Europe]].<ref name= EB/><ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/92-826-5409-5/page003new.html |publisher= [[European Environmental Agency]] |work= Europe's Environment – The Dobris Assessment |title= 3. The continent – Extent and boundaries |year= 2011}}</ref>

The [[Rostov Nature Reserve]] is located within the depression.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=RUS+40&mode=all|title=Rostovsky|date=14 January 2010|work=The MAB Programme|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=7 December 2013}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Eurasia Canal]]
* [[Manych Ship Canal]]
* [[Terek–Kuma Lowland]]

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[[Category:Depressions of Russia]]
[[Category:Landforms of Europe]]
[[Category:Landforms of Kalmykia]]
[[Category:Landforms of Stavropol Krai]]


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