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Psou
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The Psou (; ; ; ; ) is a river in the West Caucasus, bordering the Gagra Range to the east. It flows along the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and forms a part of the border between Georgia (Abkhazia) and Russia. Its source is in the Aigra Mountain, and it flows into the Black Sea. The Psou is long, and the drainage basin is approximately . Between the mouth of the river and the mouth of the Mzymta is a "sandy depositional foreland", which is approximately in length and wide.
Key facts
- River.name
- Psou
- River.image
- Река Псоу - panoramio.jpg
- River.pushpin_map
- Georgia Abkhazia#Georgia
- River.source1_location
- Greater Caucasus
- River.mouth_location
- Black Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Georgia (Abkhazia), Russia
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- Image
- Река Псоу - panoramio.jpg
- Length
- 53
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- Psou River
- watershed area
- 421
- discharge
- 19.2
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The Psou (; ; ; ; ) is a river in the West Caucasus, bordering the Gagra Range to the east. It flows along the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and forms a part of the border between Georgia (Abkhazia) and Russia. Its source is in the Aigra Mountain, and it flows into the Black Sea. The Psou is long, and the drainage basin is approximately . Between the mouth of the river and the mouth of the Mzymta is a "sandy depositional foreland", which is approximately in length and wide.
The principal tributaries of the Psou are the Besh and the Pkhista. Between 1913 and 1955, a hydrological station was in operation at Leselidze, roughly upstream of the river's mouth. The Psou gained notoriety as a smuggling route out of the country, by-passing Russian controls on the border. As of 2008 it was still designated as a transboundary river which lacked an international cooperation agreement as part of the UNECE Water Convention.
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