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Argun

River in Russia and Georgia

Body of waterriverQ652052

Also known as Argun River

Length: 148 km
Discharge: 45.6 cubic metre per second
Mouth: Sunzha
Country: Georgia
, Russia
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Watershed area: 3,390 km²

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The Argun, also known as Chantiy-Argun, cognate with one of the biggest Chechen teips Chantiy, is a river in the Caucasus. It flows through the northern Caucasus, Georgia, and the Chechen Republic of Russia. It is an affluent of the Sunzha and lies within the river basin of the Terek. It is 148 kilometres (92 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 3,390 square kilometres (1,310 sq mi). The river has its sources on the northern slopes of the Caucasus in Khevsureti, Georgia. The Argun flows in western Chechnya through the Itum-Kalinsky and Shatoysky districts.

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42.5061, 45.0722OpenStreetMap ↗

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