Kurdzhips River

File:Gumka Gorge Kurdzhips river.
Area around Kurdskip River

the Kurdzhips River located in The Caucasus Mountains, is a river in the Absheron district of Krasnodar region, Russia.

The river is a venue for wilderness and extreme sports.[1][2] The river gained world attention in 2000 when Neanderthal ramains were discovered in a cave on its banks.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Republic of Adygea.
  2. ↑ International Rock Climbing Festival in Guamka, Russia.
  3. ↑ Igor V. Ovchinnikov, Anders Götherström, Galina P. Romanova, Vitaliy M. Kharitonov, Kerstin Lidén & William Goodwin Molecular analysis of Neanderthal DNA from the northern Caucasus. Nature 404, 490-493 (30 March 2000).
  4. ↑ John F. Hoffecker, Desolate Landscapes: Ice-Age Settlement in Eastern Europe (Rutgers University Press, 2002)page 85-86 & .

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