Mzymta

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Mzymta River
Mzymta from Maidens' Eyewater waterfall
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Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai Adlersky City District of Sochi
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Greater Caucasus
• elevation	2,980 m (9,780 ft)
Mouth
• location	Black Sea
• coordinates	43°24′57″N 39°55′25″E / 43.41583°N 39.92361°E / 43.41583; 39.92361
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	89 km (55 mi)[1]
Basin size	885 km2 (342 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	45.6 m3/s (1,610 cu ft/s) (near mouth)

The Mzymta (Russian: Мзы́мта, Adyghe: Мэзмытӏэ, Mezmytha) is a river in Northwestern Caucasus, flowing through Mostovsky District and the city of Sochi (Adlersky City District) of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The Mzymta is the largest river in Russia emptying into the Black Sea. It is 89 kilometres (55 mi) long with a watershed of 885 square kilometres (342 sq mi).^[1] All the venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics were in the Mzymta Valley.