Aragvi

Aragvi
Aragvi
	View upstream Aragvi River and along Tbilisi–Senaki–Leselidze highway (taken from around Jvari Monastery)
Native name	არაგვი (Georgian)
Location
Country	Georgia
Region	Caucasus
Physical characteristics
Source	Caucasus
• location	Gudauri, Mtiuleti, Georgia
• coordinates	42°20′41″N 44°41′42″E / 42.34459°N 44.69502°E
• elevation	1,045 m (3,428 ft)
Mouth	flows into the Mtkvari (Kura)
• location	Mtskheta, Georgia
• coordinates	41°50′24″N 44°43′34″E / 41.84003°N 44.72611°E
• elevation	445 m (1,460 ft)
Length	112 km (70 mi)
Basin size	2,740 km2 (1,060 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Kura→ Caspian Sea

The Aragvi (Georgian: არაგვი) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is 112 km (70 mi) long, and its basin covers an area of 2,740 km² (1,060 sq mi).^[3] 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.

^ Soviet General Staff Maps, 1:50,000 series, sheet K-38-54-W
^ Soviet General Staff Maps, 1:50,000 series, sheet M-38-78-A
^ Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12.

[1] Soviet General Staff Maps, 1:50,000 series, sheet K-38-54-W

[2] Soviet General Staff Maps, 1:50,000 series, sheet M-38-78-A

[3] Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12.

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