Kalchik River

Kalchik River

Infobox River | river_name = Kal’chik River


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origin = Ukraine
mouth = Sea of Azov
basin_countries = Ukraine
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The Kal'chik (Кальчик) is a river in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. It flows from Listvanka into the Kalmius, which it enters near the city of Mariupol. Supposedly it was the scene of the Battle of the Kalka River between the Mongol Empire and Kievan Rus' in 1223.


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