Kuma–Manych Depression | |
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Coordinates: 45°42′54″N 44°06′18″E / 45.715°N 44.105°E |
The Kuma–Manych depression (Russian: Кумо–Манычская впадина, tr. Kumo–Manychskaya vpadina), is a geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates the Russian Plain to the north from Ciscaucasia to the south. [1] It is named after the Kuma and Manych rivers. [2]
Kuma–Manych depression is sometimes regarded as a definition for the natural boundary between Asia and Europe. [1] [3]
The Rostov Nature Reserve is located within the depression. [4]