Devdaraki
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Devdaraki () is a valley glacier located on the northeastern slope of Mt. Kazbek. The length of the glacier is and its surface area is . The tongue of the Devdaraki Glacier descends to above sea level. Devdaraki is known for its intense surging properties that have caused significant destruction in the past (particularly from the late 18th to the late 19th centuries). The glacier surges have led to catastrophic mudflows in the Dariali Gorge which have, on several occasions damaged the Georgian Military Highway. A massive collapse of the glacier on August 20, 2014, led to the death of seven peo
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Devdaraki, and connects out to Georgia (country), Georgian and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in GG, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Glaciers of Georgia (country).
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Glacier.name
- Devdaraki
- Glacier.image
- Mt Kazbek & Devdoraki Glaciers (Élisée Reclus).JPG
- Glacier.caption
- Map of 1891 with mount Kazbek and Devdoraki glacier marked.
- Glacier.map
- Georgia Mtskheta-Mtianeti#Georgia
- Glacier.type
- Valley glacier
- Glacier.location
- Georgia
- Glacier.mapframe
- yes
- Glacier.mapframe wikidata
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- glacier
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti
- Area
- 4.1
- Image
- Devdorak glacier (Moskvich guide, 1913).jpg
- Length
- 7.2
Show 3 more facts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- mountain range
- Greater Caucasus
- native label
- დევდარაკი
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Devdaraki () is a valley glacier located on the northeastern slope of Mt. Kazbek. The length of the glacier is and its surface area is . The tongue of the Devdaraki Glacier descends to above sea level. Devdaraki is known for its intense surging properties that have caused significant destruction in the past (particularly from the late 18th to the late 19th centuries). The glacier surges have led to catastrophic mudflows in the Dariali Gorge which have, on several occasions damaged the Georgian Military Highway. A massive collapse of the glacier on August 20, 2014, led to the death of seven people. The Devdaraki Glacier is the source of the River Kabakhi (left tributary of the Terek River).
==See also== Glaciers of Georgia
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Devdaraki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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