The Kurdzhips (), located in the Caucasus Mountains, is a river in the Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar region, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Belaya near Maykop. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The river is a venue for wilderness and extreme sports. Republic of Adygea .International Rock Climbing Festival in Guamka, Russia. The river gained world attention in 2000 when Neanderthal remains were discovered in a cave on its banks.Igor V. Ovchinnikov, Anders Götherström, Galina P. Romanova, Vitaliy M. Kharitonov, Kerstin Lidén & William Goodwin Molecular analysis of Neanderthal DNA from the northern Caucasus. Nature 404, 490-493 (30 March 2000).
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