Human Activities
Kuban River gave its name to the Kuban Cossacks who settled in its basin in the 18th–19th centuries.
The delta of Kuban is an important rice-growing region of Russia. Also developed here is fishery with the major commercial species including perch, roach and chalcalburnus. The river is navigated up to Krasnodar where it feeds the Krasnodar Thermal Power Plant. The major cities on the river are Karachayevsk, Cherkessk, Nevinnomyssk, Armavir, Novokubansk, Kropotkin, Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar (administrative center of Krasnodar Krai) and Temryuk.
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