Black Sea–Caspian Steppe Terek River. Between these the rivers are caught by the Malka River which is an east-flowing tributary of the Terek. In the west, since the Caucasus Mountains run parallel and close to the Black Sea coast, no significant rivers from this area reach the Black Sea. The western point is the Taman Peninsula. North of the Taman Peninsula the Kuban River, the Beysug River and the Yeya Rivers reach the Sea of Azov, and the long Manych River and the shorter Sal River reach the lower Don. In the north much of the lower Don is under the Tsimlyansk Reservoir
Caspian Sea Monster prior to the first flight a bottle of champagne was broken against its nose, a tradition for the first voyage of a boat. On June 22, 1966, the completed KM began transportation to the testing grounds in the Caspian Sea near the town of Kaspiysk. It was transported from Gorky along the Volga in secret, covered in camouflage and moved along the river at night. The aircraft's first flight was on October 16, 1966, performed by V. Loginov and Rostislav Alexeyev himself, which was very unusual as most Soviet aircraft designers never piloted their own creations. All the works were