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List Of Rivers Of Georgia (country)
The rivers of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus, are part of either the Black Sea or Caspian Sea Drainage basins. The most spectacular rivers include the Alazani (longest river flowing through Georgia and Azerbaijan), Aragvi, Enguri (second longest river within Georgia), Kura (Mtkvari), and Rioni (longest river in Georgia) rivers. Georgia has about 25,000 rivers, many of which power small hydroelectric stations. Drainage is into the Black Sea to the west and through Azerbaijan to the Caspian Sea to the east. The largest river is the Kura River, which flows 1,364 km from northeast Turkey across the plains of eastern Georgia, through the capital, Tbilisi, and into the Caspian Sea. The Rioni River, the largest river in western Georgia, rises in the Greater Caucasus and empties into the Black Sea at the port of Poti. Soviet engineers turned the river lowlands along the Black Sea coast into prime subtropical agricultural land, embanked and straightened many stretches of river, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physical Map Of Georgia (en)
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Algeti .The Algeti ( ka, ალგეთი) is a river in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, spanning the municipalities of Tetritsqaro and Marneuli. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Originating at Mount Kldekari, it flows into the deep rocky valley and then a plain before joining the river Kura as its right tributary. Colorful landscapes of the Algeti valley are protected as the Algeti National Park The Algeti National Park ( ka, ალგეთის ეროვნული პარკი, ''algetis erovnuli parki'') is a protected area in Georgia, in the southeast of the country. . Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia. Retrieved on January 7, 2010 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghalidzga
Ghalidzga ( xmf, Ghalish Dzga - Gheli bank) - river in Ochamchire Municipality (Abkhazia). It originates on the southern slope of the Kodori Range, near the ( elevation 3,313 m ). Mindat.org Length - 53 km, basin area - 483 km2. In the upper reaches there is a mountain river with well-defined rapid currents, in the lower reaches it flows into the lowlands and Black Sea joins south of Ochamchire. It feeds on rain and groundwater. Knows floods , waterlogging - |
Dzirula
The Dzirula ( ka, ძირულა) is a river of Georgia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12. It is a right tributary of the , which it joins east of the town Zestaponi
Zestafoni or Zestaponi ( ka, ზესტაფონი, tr, ) is the administrative center of Zestafoni District in Western Georgia. Zestafoni is the center of an ancient, historical part of Georgia – Margveti, which is a part of Imereti ... .
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Debed
The Debed ( hy, Դեբեդ) or Debeda ( ka, დებედა) is a river in Armenia and Georgia. It also serves as a natural boundary between Armenia and Georgia at the village Sadakhlo, Georgia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river originates in Armenia and is formed at the confluence of the Dzoraget and Pambak. It ends in Georgia where it feeds into the Khrami, a tributary of Kura. See also * * |
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Caspian Sea), Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Tbilisi was founded in the 5th century Anno Domini, AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia, and since then has served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tiflis was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917), Caucasus Viceroyalty, governing both the North Caucasus, northern and the Transcaucasia, southern parts of the Caucasus. Because of its location on the crossroads between Europe and Asia, and its proximity to the lucrative Silk Road, throughout history Tbilisi was a point of contention among various global powers. The city's location to this day ensures its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çoruh
The Chorokh ( ka, ჭოროხი ''Ch'orokhi'', tr, Çoruh, hy, Չորոխ ''Ch’vorokh'', el, Άκαμψις, ''Akampsis'') is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İspir, Yusufeli, and Artvin, along the Kelkit-Çoruh Fault, before flowing into Georgia, where it reaches the Black Sea just south of Batumi and a few kilometers north of the Turkish-Georgian border. In Arrian's ''Periplus Ponti Euxini'', it is called the ''Acampsis'' ( el, Άκαμψις); Pliny may have confused it with the ''Bathys''. Procopius writes that it was called Acampsis because it was impossible to force a way through it after it has entered the sea, since it discharges its stream with such force and swiftness, causing a great disturbance of the water before it, that it goes out for a very great distance into the sea and makes it impossible to coast along at that point. In English, it was formerly known as the Boas, the Churuk, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choloki
The Choloki Mindat.org ( ka, ჩოლოქი, also Cholok) in forms the border between the autonomous province of and the province of . For a time in the 19th century it formed the border between and Imperial |
Chanistsqali
The Chanistsqali ( ka, ჭანისწყალი) also spelled as ChanistskaliTielidze L., Gobejishvili R., Maruashvili L., Chikhradze N.Western Georgia (Kolkheti) Intermountain PlainIn: Tielidze L. (eds) ''Geomorphology of Georgia. Geography of the Physical Environment.'' 2019 Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77764-1_11 is a river in the historic Mengrelia province of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in western Georgia. It flows through the town Tsalenjikha, and passes through the municipalities Tsalenjikha, Chkhorotsqu, Zugdidi and Khobi. It discharges into the river Khobi near the village Narazeni, north of the town Khobi Khobi ( ka, ხობი) is a town in western Georgia with a population of 4,242. The settlement of Khobi acquired the status of a town in 1981 and currently functions as an administrative center of the Khobi District within the Samegrelo-Zem .... References {{Rivers of Georgia Rivers of Georgia (country) Tributaries of the Khobi< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bzyb (river)
The Bzyb or Bzipi ( or ; ka, ბზიფი, Bzipi; ab, Бзыҧ, Bzyṗ; russian: Бзыбь, Bzybj) is one of the two largest rivers of Abkhazia, along with the Kodori, and the twelfth longest river in Georgia. The river valley has rich biodiversity of herbaceous garden plants, particularly in the gorge section in the upper reaches where the most prominent and colourful bellflower ' with profuse growth of 100 flowers per plant is given the name, the "Queen of the Abkhazian flora". During 1904-1917 it served as the border between Russian Empire's Sukhumi Okrug and Black Sea Governorate. Etymology It is significant, that "Bzipi" is a comparatively new name of the river. Until the 1820s it was called "Kapoetis Tskali" (literally meaning "Water of Kapoeti"). This is a Georgian name and comes from the name of the fish "Kapoeti". Fish Kapoeti belongs to the trout-salmon family. This large variety of trout dwells in this river. It has also been said that "Bzyp" is associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhvistsqali
The Bakhvistsqali ( ka, ბახვისწყალი) is a river in western Georgia, located in the region of Guria. It flows into the Supsa and has a length of 42 kilometres. References * ''Abkhazava I.'', Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor in chi ..., Vol. 2, p. 254, 1977. Guria Rivers of Georgia (country) Tributaries of the Supsa {{Georgia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assa (river)
The Assa (Tsirtslovn-Tskhali, russian: Асса, Цирцловн-Цхали, ka, ასა, ce, Iaьса-хи, inh, Эса-хий) is a right tributary of the Sunzha in Georgia and Russia. It is located in Dusheti Municipality of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia; and in Dzheyrakhsky and Sunzhensky Districts of Ingushetia and in Sunzhensky and Achkhoy-Martanovsky Districts of Chechnya, Russia. Geography It measures long, and incorporates a drainage basin which is . The basin includes the major part of Ingushetia, areas in the west of Chechnya, as well as minor areas in the north of Georgia. Within the river basin, more than 70% of the territory is subjected to avalanches. The river's source is on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus in Khevsureti from where it flows north and crosses into Russia. The Assa accepts the Gulaykhi from the right and flows through the Erzi Nature Reserve. North of the stanitsa of Nesterovskaya, the Assa turns east, crosses into Chechnya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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