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Kuma–Manych Depression
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The Kuma–Manych depression (Russian: Кумо–Манычская впадина, romanized: Kumo–Manychskaya vpadina) is a geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates the Russian Plain to the north from Ciscaucasia to the south.cite-ref-eb-1-0[1] It is named after the Kuma and Manych rivers.cite-ref-2[2]

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Geography

Kuma–Manych depression is sometimes regarded as a definition for the natural boundary between Asia and Europe.cite-ref-eb-1-1[1]cite-ref-3[3]

The Rostov Nature Reserve is located within the depression.cite-ref-4[4]

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References

cite-note-eb-11. "'Kuma-Manych Depression'. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
cite-note-22. Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
cite-note-33. "3. The continent – Extent and boundaries". Europe's Environment – The Dobris Assessment. European Environmental Agency. 2011.
cite-note-44. "Rostovsky". The MAB Programme. UNESCO. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2013.