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).

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, and built an extensive system of canals. Deep mountain gorges form topographical belts within the Greater Caucasus.

List of rivers The following table lists significant rivers that flow through Georgia. It shows the total length of the river, the length of the river within Georgia and other countries the river flows through, the size of the river's drainage basin, and the course of the river to the Caspian Sea or Black Sea.

RiverTotal lengthLength within Georgia (Other countries)Basin size, 1,000Course Aapsta (de facto Abkhazia)Black SeaAbashaBlack SeaAcharistsqali Black Sea, Chorokhi→Alazani (Azerbaijan) Caspian SeaAlgetiCaspian SeaAmtkeliBlack Sea, Kodori→ Andi Koysu(Russia)Caspian Sea, Sulak→ Aragvi Caspian Sea, Kura→Argun(Russia)Caspian Sea, Sunzha→ Terek→ Assa(Russia)Caspian Sea, Sunzha→ Terek→ BakhvistsqaliBlack Sea, Supsa→ Bzyb (Bzipi) Black seaChanistsqaliBlack Sea, Khobi→ CholokiBlack Sea, Natenbi→ Çoruh (Chorokhi) (Turkey)Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. Department of Statistics (Tbilisi, 2008), Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2007, p. 12. Black seaDebed(Armenia)Caspian Sea, Khrami→ Kura→ DzirulaBlack Sea, Qvirila→ Rioni→ Enguri Black seaGhalidzga (de facto Abkhazia)Black SeaGreat LiakhviCaspian Sea, Kura→ Gumista River (de facto Abkhazia)Black SeaIori (Azerbaijan) Caspian SeaKelasuri (de facto Abkhazia)Black SeaKhanistsqaliBlack Sea, Rioni→ KhipstaBlack SeaKhobiBlack SeaKhrami (Azerbaijan) Caspian SeaKintrishiThe Kintrishi River flows through the Autonomous Region of Adjara.Black SeaKodoriFlows through Abkhazia autonomous region of Georgia. Black seaKorolistskaliBlack SeaKsaniCaspian Sea, Kura→ Kura (Mtkvari) (Turkey, Azerbaijan) Caspian SeaKvablianiCaspian SeaLittle LiakhviCaspian Sea, Great Liakhvi→ Kura→ LopotaCaspian Sea, Alazani→ Kura→ Machakhelistsqali(Turkey)Black Sea, Çoruh→ MashaveraCaspian Sea, Khrami→ Kura→ MokviBlack SeaMulkhraBlack Sea, Enguri→ NatanebiBlack SeaOchkhamuriBlack Sea, Choloki→ Natanebi→ ParavaniCaspian Sea, Kura→ Pkhista (de facto Abkhazia)Black Sea, Pkhista→ Psou→Psou(de facto Abkhazia, along Russian Border)Black SeaQvirila (Kvrilia) Black Sea, Rioni River→Rioni Black SeaSupsa Black SeaSuramulaCaspian Sea, Ptsa→ Kura→ TedzamiCaspian Sea, Kura→TekhuriBlack Sea, Rioni→Terek (Tergi)(Russia)Caspian SeaTskhenistsqali Black Sea, Rioni River→VereCaspian Sea, Kura→

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