Etoka (river)

The Etoka (Russian: Этока; Adyghe: Ят1экъуэ, Yatheque) is a mountain creek, a tributary of the river Podkumok (near Pyatigorsk), in Predgorny District, Stavropol Krai and north of Zolsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria Russia. A village with the same name is located by Etoka.

Etoka
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthPodkumok
  coordinates
44.1662°N 43.4018°E / 44.1662; 43.4018
Basin features
ProgressionPodkumokKumaCaspian Sea

Water from the river is channeled to feed Lake Tambukan.[1] However this water have led to desalinization of the lake, threatening its balneological properties and disrupting the overall ecology of the area.[2]

The etymology of the name is from the Adyghe language: "Ят1э, clay/mud" + "къуэ, valley" [3]

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