There are many mountain rivers in the territory of South Ossetia. The majority of them belong to the

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drainage basin which flows into the

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, the remainder are part of the Rioni River catchment which flows into the

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. The Rachinsky and Lihsky ridges act as the

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separating the

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s into these two seas. List of rivers in order from the mouth: ←

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→

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Completely in Georgia (country) : ←

Ksani The Ksani (, , ''Ĉysandon'') is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (''Mtkvari''). It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

: ← Lehura : ← Medzhuda : ← Greater Liakhvi River :: ← Malaya Liahva :: → PatsaCompletely in South Ossetia :: ← Tlidon : ← Prone Vostochnaya :: ← canal Saltanis-Arhi :: ← Taliani :: ←

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: ← Ptsa :: →

Suramula The Suramula ( ka, სურამულა) is a river in Khashuri Municipality, and a right tributary of the Ptsa, itself a tributary of the Kura. It starts at the left slope of Likhi Range, above sea level, and runs a length of . The basin is ...

::: ← CharatheviOn the territory of South Ossetia is located several hundred meters of the stream from the source :: ←

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::: ← Prone Srednyaya ::: → Prone Zapadnaya :::: → Lopanistskali Rioni River : ← Kvirila : ← Dzhodzhora :: → Kvedrula ::: − lake Koz (Kvedi) :::: − Kvedikom : ← Garula :: → Kozidon :: ← Liktsonandon : ← Chanchahi

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Map ''Юго-Осетинская автономная область'' К — 38 — 64. Издание 1989 г. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers of South Ossetia * South Ossetia