AapstaAapsta GeoNames ( ) is a river in Abkhazia, Georgia. It originates on the southern slopes of the Achbikhvdar ridge in the Gudauta pass area in beech forests at 1445 meters above sea level; B. A. Vakhrushev, V. N. Dublyansky, G. N. Amelichev. . M .: Publishing house of RUDN, 2001. flows into the Black Sea between the village and the city Gudauta.
Physical and geographical characteristics The length of the river is 35 kilometers, the catchment area is 243 km2, the slope of the river is 41.3 ‰, the prevailing width of the river is 15 meters, the depth is from 0.3 to 2.1 meters with a current speed of 1.3-1.6 m / s.
In the middle and lower reaches of the coast, overgrown with beech-hornbeam forest. On the river are the villages and , at the mouth - the village Tskuara (Primorskoe).
The predominant type of feeding is snow feeding in the upper reaches; closer to the mouth, rain feeding becomes important. Average mineralization of waters is 213 mg / l. The type of water regime is the Black Sea, floods occur at all seasons.
Through the Dokhurtu tributary, Aapsta is connected with the cave system . A. S. Gusev, S. E. Mazina. Results of indicator experiments and the movement of karst waters in the southern part of the Khipsta massif. Integrated use and protection of underground spaces: Mezhdunar. scientific-practical conf., dedicated. 100th anniversary of scientific. and tourist and excursion activities in the Kungur Ice Cave and the 100th anniversary of the birth. V.S. Lukina / State Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; under total. ed. O. Kadebskaya, V. Andreychuk. - Perm, 2014. - 380 p.
Tributaries The Aapsta has 83 tributaries, the density of its river basin is 0.77 km / km2. The main tributaries are: Dohurta - left tributary Mtsara - left tributary Dzish - left tributary Dry - left tributary Noisy - right tributary Fast - left tributary Spinal - left tributary Mtsaga - right tributary
Etymology Hydronym comes from the Abkhaz language, from the Abkhazian "aaps" translates as "yew river".A. V. Tverdy, "Toponymic Dictionary of the Caucasus". 2011
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