, iucn_category = IV , photo = მდინარე იორი (G.N. 2012).jpg , photo_alt = , photo_caption = Iori river , photo_width = , map = Georgia#Georgia Kakheti , relief = yes , location = , nearest_city = , map_alt = , map_caption = , map_width = , coordinates = , coords_ref = , area_acre = , area_km2 =13.36 , area_ref = , established = 1996 , visitation_num = , visitation_year = , governing_body = Agency of Protected Areas , world_heritage_site = , website
Mariamjvari Strict Nature Reserve Administration
Iori Managed Reserve ( ka, ივრის აღკვეთილი) is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

in the

Signagi Municipality Sighnaghi ( ka, სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is an administrative-territorial unit in eastern Georgia, Kakheti region. The municipality borders the municipalities of Gurjaani and Sagarejo to the northwest a ...

Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region ( mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises e ...

region of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

near the border with

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

.Iori in Georgia
''Protected Planet'' Iori Managed Reserve is part of Georgia's ''Protected Areas'' which also includes

Mariamjvari Strict Nature Reserve Mariamjvari Strict Nature Reserve ( ka, მარიამჯვრის სახელმწიფო ნაკრძალი) is a protected area in Sagarejo Municipality, Kakheti region of Georgia on the southern slopes of Gombori Range. ...

and

Korugi Managed Reserve , iucn_category = IV , photo = ივრის ჭალა (G.N. 2009).jpg , photo_alt = , photo_caption = Floodplain of Iori river , photo_width = , map = Georgia#Georgia Kakheti , relief = yes , location = , nearest_city =Sagarejo , ...

. Iori Managed Reserve includes the parts of the

Iori river The Iori ( ka, იორი, az, Qabırrı) is a river in the South Caucasus that originates in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in eastern Georgia and continues into Azerbaijan, where it is also known as Gabirry (Qabirry) and flows into the Mingach ...

valley. It borders the

which covers the upstream of Iori river. Iori Managed Reserve was established in order to protect

tugay Tugay is a form of riparian forest or woodland associated with fluvial and floodplain areas in arid climates. These wetlands are subject to periodic inundation, and largely dependent on floods and groundwater rather than directly from rainfall ...

forest of the Iori river.

References

Managed reserves of Georgia (country) Protected areas established in 1996 Geography of Kakheti Tourist attractions in Kakheti {{Georgia-geo-stub

See also

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