Kobuleti Managed Reserve ( ka, ქობულეთი) is a protected area in

Kobuleti Municipality Kobuleti ( ka, ქობულეთის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the autonomous republic of Adjara. Its main town is Kobuleti. Since 1921, the municipality's territory has been included in the Ko ...

, Adjara region of

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along the

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coast in the northern part of the resort town

Kobuleti Kobuleti ( ka, ქობულეთი ) is a town in Adjara, western Georgia, situated on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It is the seat of Kobuleti Municipality and a seaside resort, visited annually by Georgians and many former Soviet Union ...

. ''Kobuleti Protected Areas'' were established in 1998 to preserve unique wetland ecosystems recognized by the

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. ''Kobuleti Protected Areas'' include Kobuleti Managed Reserve and Kobuleti Strict Nature Reserve located on left and right banks of Shavi Ghele (''black creek'') river respectively.

Geography

Reserve has flat surface with minor erosion by the rivers of Shavi Ghele and Togoni and by a few water drains. It is a

peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient ...

bog, consisting mainly of

peat moss ''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, peat moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store wa ...

with hardly noticeable surface elevations which are called locally ''peat domes''. These minor elevations rise 1–3 m above it surroundings. The bog in this area is composed of a single

layer with thickness from 5 m up to 9 m.The Black Sea coastal wetlands vision. Georgia
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History and culture

Kabuleti is an ancient cultural and trading center with many tourist attractions. In

late antiquity Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...

major trading routes where crisscrossing in Kobuleti.

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

was introduced here by St. Andrew the Apostle in the 1st century. Since the 1950s local population started building sophisticated houses with huge stairs and balconies. The size of the house was indicative to well-being of the family and represented major investment. Villages around Kobuleti till present day has examples of traditional Achara and

Lazeti Lazistan ( lzz, ლაზონა, Lazona; ka, ლაზეთი, Lazeti, or ჭანეთი ''Ç'aneti''; ota, لازستان, Lazistān) is a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz ...

dwellings. In vicinity of Kobuleti there are ruins of castles and bridges from

early middle ages The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...

.Kobuleti protected area
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Tourist attraction

Kobuleti Managed Reserve arranged trails, so that visitors can carry out educational tours. It is possible to rent skis and walk along

sphagnum bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...

References

Managed reserves of Georgia (country) Protected areas established in 1998 Geography of Adjara Tourist attractions in Adjara {{Georgia-geo-stub

Geography

History and culture

Tourist attraction

See also

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