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词条 Aragvi River
释义

  1. Confusion over name and course

  2. Etymology

  3. Use and infrastructure

  4. Gallery

  5. Notes

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| name = Aragvi
| name_native = {{lang-ka|არაგვი}}
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| image = View upstream Aragvi River from Jvari monastery, 2008-07-07.jpg
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| image_caption = View upstream Aragvi River and along Tbilisi–Senaki–Leselidze highway (taken from around Jvari monastery)
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| source1_location = Gudauri, Mtiuleti, Georgia
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|1045|m|abbr=on}}[1]
| mouth = flows into the Mtkvari
| mouth_location = Mtskheta, Georgia
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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|445|m|abbr=on}}[2]
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The Aragvi River ({{lang-ka|არაგვი}}) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is {{convert|112|km|mi}} long, and its basin covers an area of {{convert|2724|km2|mi2}}. 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":

The Tetri Aragvi ("White Aragvi")[3] flows from Gudauri down to the town of Pasanauri, where it is joined by the Shavi Aragvi ("Black Aragvi"),[4] the main river of Gudamakari to the north-east. Together, these two rivers continue as, simply, "the Aragvi"; from Pasanauri, the Aragvi flows south-east to the Jinvali Reservoir, where it is joined by the Pshav Aragvi[5] (itself fed by the Khevsur Aragvi)[6] before flowing south to merge with the Mtkvari River by Mtskheta, Eastern Georgia's ancient capital just north of Tbilisi.

Etymology

See არაგვი for the origin of the name.

Use and infrastructure

The {{convert|102|m|ft|adj=on}} high dam by Jinvali is one of the largest in Georgia. Besides generating up to 130 MW of electricity, the waters of the Aragvi feed down a {{convert|36.7|km|mi|adj=on}} pipe to provide drinking water in Tbilisi and to irrigate fields.

Gallery

Notes

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. ^{{lang-ka|თეთრი არაგვი}}, tetri aragvi. Source: approx. 42°31'27.13"N, 44°24'2.40"E
4. ^{{lang-ka|შავი არაგვი}}, shavi aragvi. Source: approx. 42°27'25.18"N, 44°42'40.80"E
5. ^{{lang-ka|ფშავის არაგვი}}, pshavis aragvi. Source: approx. 42°23'57.01"N, 45°8'42.74"E
6. ^{{lang-ka|ხევსურეთის არაგვი}}, khevsuretis aragvi. Source: approx. 42°33'45.75"N, 44°57'12.78"E
{{Rivers of Georgia}}{{Authority control}}{{Georgia-river-stub}}

2 : Rivers of Georgia (country)|Tributaries of the Kura River

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