IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE
The republic is rich in water resources: about 130 high altitude lakes, numerous mountain waterfalls. 172 rivers flow through the republic, the largest of which are Kuban, Big and Small Zelenchuk, Urup, Laba.
The Karachay-Cherkess Republic has the Kuban and Ust-Dzheguta reservoirs for fish farming, reclamation measures and other needs.
There are three large waterworks – Big Stavropol channel, Zelenchuk hydropower plant and regulating reservoir on the Eshkanon River.
FSFI Administration of Land Reclamation and Agricultural Water Supply for the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
6 Kooperativnaya St., Cherkessk, 369007
(87822) 6-23-82