The Ksani (, , ''Ĉysandon'') is a river in central

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in

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and flows into the Kura (''Mtkvari''). It is a left tributary of the Kura. The Ksani is long, and has a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of .Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020
National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12. ''Ksani'' (both the river and the name) is often associated with the

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Georgian Ksani fortress which lies near the confluence of the Ksani and the Mtkvari.

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Rivers of Georgia (country) Rivers of South Ossetia Akhalgori District Geography of Mtskheta-Mtianeti {{SouthOssetia-geo-stub

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