Kumadzulo kwa Caucasus, ku Karachaevo-Cherkessia, pali malo omwe ali otchuka m'dziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha malo ake okongola kwambiri: mapiri a mapiri a Main Caucasian Range, omwe ali ndi nkhalango zowirira, nyanja zambiri zokongola, mitsinje yamapiri ndi mpweya woyera womwe umakhala ndi fungo la singano la mitengo ya pine ndi nkhalango zamtengo wapatali. Komabe, mwala weniweni wa dera lamapirili ndi mathithi a Sophia a Arkhyz. Ndizo zomwe zidzafotokozedwe.
Madzi a Sofia ku Arkhyz
Pakati pa zigwa za Psysh ndi Kizgych, pamtsinje wa Main Caucasian ku Upper Arkhyz phiri lachiwiri la Arkhyz likukwera phiri la Sofia. Kutalika kwake kuli pafupifupi mamita 3700 pamwamba pa nyanja. Chimachokera ku chipinda chake chomwe amadziwika otchedwa Sophia, omwe ali, mwa njira, wamkulu kwambiri mu Arkhyz. Madzi otchedwa Meltwater omwe ali ndi liwiro lalikulu amabwera kuchokera kumtunda wa mamita 100. Kuthamanga kwa madzi ndi madzi otentha pakati pa 50-90 mamita ndikumanga mitsinje yambiri yamphepo, ndipo ndi mphamvu yothamanga yomwe madzi akutentha amafalikira kutali. Kuchokera pamtunda wa madzi pamtunda, ngakhale phulusa la madzi likuwonekera, pomwe nyengo ikuwoneka. Ndili ndi mathithi a Sofia a Upper Arkhyz omwe Mtsinje wa Sophia umachokera, womwe umatsikira kuchigwa cha Psysh. Mtsinje wa Sofia ndi chimodzi mwa zigawo zisanu za mtsinje wa Bolshoy Zelenchuk.
Njira yopita ku mathithi a Sofia, Arkhyz
Kukongola kwa zokongola za chilengedwe kunathandiza kuti chitukuko chikule bwino. Anthu ambiri akufuna kuona ndi maso awo mapiri okondeka a Pakati la Caucasian, Mount Sophia ndipo, ndithudi, malo okongola a mathithi a Sophia. Mutha kufika pano kuchokera ku Pyatigorsk kumadzulo kumsewu waukulu wa Circassian. Mukafika ku Cherkessk, muyenera kudutsa mu mzinda wa Khabez kupita kumudzi wa Zelenchukskaya, komwe kumayambira kumadzi a Sofia. Mukafika ku mudzi wa Arkhyz, muyenera kuwoloka mtunda wina wa 17 km pamsewu wa gudumu. Ali paulendo, oyendayenda nthawi zambiri amafuna kuyima kuti ayang'ane kutsogolo kwa Main Ridge, nkhalango zakuda,
Ngati ukukamba za kukongola komwe kumapangitsa, perekani nthawi yopita ku nyanja za Krasnoyarsk ndi Lake Sevan , ku Armenia.