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Aragvi River
Sign in to saveThe Aragvi ( ) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is long, and its basin covers an area of . The ground strata are mostly sandstone, slate, and limestone. The Zhinvali Dam and its 130 MW hydro-electric power station generate much of Georgia's power, and its construction in 1986 formed the Zhinvali Reservoir, upon whose north-western shores rises Ananuri castle with its 17th-century Church of the Assumption.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 117 inbound references to Aragvi River, and connects out to Kura River, Georgia (country) and Black Sea.
The entry is geolocated on the map in GE, across 4 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Rivers of Georgia (country) and Tributaries of the Kura (Caspian Sea).
Vinony links it to 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- River.name
- Aragvi
- River.image
- View upstream Aragvi River from Jvari monastery, 2008-07-07.jpg
- River.image_caption
- View upstream Aragvi River and along Tbilisi–Senaki–Leselidze highway (taken from around Jvari Monastery)
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Georgia
- River.subdivision_type3
- Region
- River.subdivision_name3
- Caucasus
- River.length_km
- 112
- River.source1
- Caucasus
- River.source1_location
- Gudauri, Mtiuleti, Georgia
- River.mouth
- flows into the Mtkvari (Kura)
- River.mouth_location
- Mtskheta, Georgia
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2740
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Official name
- არაგვი
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 449
- Image
- Aragvi at Mtskheta.JPG
- Length
- 112
Show 5 more facts
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Aragvi River
- basin country
- Georgia (country)
- mouth of the watercourse
- Kura River
- watershed area
- 2740
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Confusion over name and course
- Etymology
- Use and infrastructure
- Gallery
- Notes
The Aragvi ( ) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is long, and its basin covers an area of . The ground strata are mostly sandstone, slate, and limestone. The Zhinvali Dam and its 130 MW hydro-electric power station generate much of Georgia's power, and its construction in 1986 formed the Zhinvali Reservoir, upon whose north-western shores rises Ananuri castle with its 17th-century Church of the Assumption.
==Confusion over name and course== Given its etymology (see below; the word simply means "river"), the exact course of the Aragvi River is the source of some confusion. The river has several important tributaries, all called "Aragvi":
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aragvi River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (5)
On the map
4 mapped locations