Gizeldon
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The Gizeldon ( or Гизель-Дон; , Džyzældon), is a river in North Ossetia–Alania just west of Vladikavkaz. It drains the northern slopes and glaciers of Mount Kazbek north to the Terek. The river is long, with a drainage basin of . A valley with many cliffs and a 4000-metre peak, the area is prone to avalanches; 30 were reported in 1967–1968. The terrain is described as having "craggy, gashed terrain", with cattle breeding, lumbering, and lead-zinc mining being the principal economic pursuits of the people of the Gizeldon valley. A hydroelectric plant has been built on the Gizeldon.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Gizeldon, and connects out to Russia, Russian and Caspian Sea.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Rivers of North Ossetia–Alania, Tributaries of the Terek and Valleys of Russia.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- River.name
- Gizeldon
- River.pushpin_map
- Russia North Ossetia–Alania#Caucasus mountains#European Russia
- River.source1_location
- Caucasus Mountains
- River.mouth
- Terek
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- North Ossetia–Alania (Russia)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- North Ossetia–Alania
- Image
- GiseldonRiver1.JPG
- Length
- 80
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- Commons category
- Gizeldon
- mouth of the watercourse
- Ardon
- watershed area
- 604
- tributary
- Midagrabindon
- native label
- Джызæлдон
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Gizeldon ( or Гизель-Дон; , Džyzældon), is a river in North Ossetia–Alania just west of Vladikavkaz. It drains the northern slopes and glaciers of Mount Kazbek north to the Terek. The river is long, with a drainage basin of . A valley with many cliffs and a 4000-metre peak, the area is prone to avalanches; 30 were reported in 1967–1968. The terrain is described as having "craggy, gashed terrain", with cattle breeding, lumbering, and lead-zinc mining being the principal economic pursuits of the people of the Gizeldon valley. A hydroelectric plant has been built on the Gizeldon.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gizeldon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations