Kinchkha Waterfall Natural Monument ( ka, კინჩხის ჩანჩქერი) is a cascade waterfall in

Khoni Municipality Khoni ( ka, ხონის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Khoni. The territory of Khoni municipality is part of the historical kingdom of Colchis. The origin an ...

Imereti Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 munic ...

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

near village Kinchkha in the river gorge of Okatse (Satsikvilo) at 843

meters above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. Kinchkha Waterfall has three steps in the

chalkstone Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Chalk i ...

slopes: the upper step with 25m height drop, the main waterfall with 70 meter height drop and the third one with 20 meters high drop, which has additional water supply from the small streams. The main waterfall created huge

siphon A siphon (from grc, σίφων, síphōn, "pipe, tube", also spelled nonetymologically syphon) is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in a ...

s in a flatland. It is possible to visit Kinchka waterfall and nearby Lomina waterfall by marked trails, however typical tourist infrastructure is not arranged.Okatse Waterfall
Agency of Protected Areas Kinchkha 01

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Natural monuments of Georgia (country) Waterfalls of Georgia (country) Geography of Imereti Protected areas established in 2007 2007 establishments in Georgia (country) {{Georgia-geo-stub

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