The Natanebi ( ka, ნატანები) is a river in western
Georgia, located in the region of
Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital.
Geography
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. It flows into the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
near
Shekvetili
Shekvetili ( ka, შეკვეთილი) is a village and sea resort in Ozurgeti Municipality, Guria, Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast, at the mouth of the Natanebi river. Shekvetili is home to the popular amusement park Tsitsi ...
. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The Natanebi corresponds to the ancient River Isis, described by Greek historian
Arrian of Nicomedia
Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: ''Arrianos''; la, Lucius Flavius Arrianus; )
was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period.
''The Anabasis of Alexander'' by Arrian is considered the best so ...
in his ''
Periplus of the Euxine Sea''.
[Arrian, William Falconer, and Thomas Falconer. ''Arrian's Voyage Round the Euxine Sea Translated; And Accompanied with a Geographical Dissertation, and Maps''. Oxford: J. Cook, 1805.]
References
Geography of Guria
Rivers of Georgia (country)
Tributaries of the Black Sea
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