KUBAN  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, rising on the W. slope of the Elbruz, in the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 13,930 ft., races down the N. See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the Caucasus as a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain torrent, but upon getting down to the See also:

• LOWER

lower-lying See also:

• STEPPE (from the Russ. stepi, a waste)

steppe See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country S. of See also:

• STAVROPOL

Stavropol it turns, at 1075 ft. altitude, towards the N.W., and eventually, assuming a See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly course, enters the Gulf of Kyzyl-tash, on the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, in the vicinity of the Straits of See also:

• KERCH, or KERTCH

Kerch . Its lower course lies for some distance through marshes, where in times of overflow its breadth increases from the normal 700 ft. to over See also:

• HALF

half a mile . Its See also:

• TOTAL

total length is 500 m., the See also:

• AREA

area of its See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin 21,480 sq. m . It is navigable for steamers for 73 m., as far as the confluence of its tributary, the Laba (200 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long) . This, like its other effluents, the Byelaya (155 M.), Urup, and See also:

• GREAT

Great and Little Zelenchuk, joins it from the See also:

• LEFT

left . The Kuban is the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Hypanis and See also:

• VARDANES

Vardanes and the Pshishche of the Circassians .