The Gumista River ( ka, გუმისთა, Abkhaz: Гәымсҭа) is a river in Abkhazia,

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. It is formed by the joining of the Eastern and Western Gumista Rivers. It is nourished by snow, rain and underground water. The river flows into the

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. The length of the Gumista is 12 km and the

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is approximately 576 km². The average annual discharge of the river is 30m³/s. I. Abkhazava,

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, T. 3, p. 308, Tbilisi., 1978 year.

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