Kalchik
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Kalchik | |
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Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Ukraine |
Mouth | Sea of Azov |
• coordinates | 47°07′04″N 37°36′38″E / 47.1179°N 37.6105°ECoordinates: 47°07′04″N 37°36′38″E / 47.1179°N 37.6105°E |
Basin features | |
Progression | Kalmius→ Sea of Azov |
The Kalchik (Кальчик) is a river in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. It flows from into the Kalmius, which it enters near the city of Mariupol. Supposedly it was the scene of the famous Battle of the Kalka River between the Mongol Empire and Kievan Rus' in 1223. It was also the scene of a smaller battle during a Mongol civil war in 1381
Categories:
- Drainage basins of the Sea of Azov
- Rivers of Donetsk Oblast
- Donetsk Oblast geography stubs
- Ukraine river stubs