Mokvi ( ka, მოქვი; ) is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

Ochamchire Municipality Ochamchire Municipality ( ka, ოჩამჩირის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Očamčiris municip’alit’et’i'') is an administrative unit in the Georgian Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. The capital of the municipal ...

Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...

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 ...

. The river's length is about 47 km and

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— 336 km2. It forms on southern slopes of

Kodori Range Kodori range ( ka, კოდორის ქედი, tr ) is a mountain range in the west Greater Caucasus, in the eastern border part of Abkhazia, Georgia. Geography The longest and most branched ridge of Abkhazia. It is a southwestern spur ...

, at 2560 meters above sea level. The river mouth with

the Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey ...

is near the village Jukmuri. Mokvi river feeds by

snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...

rain Rain is a form of precipitation where water drop (liquid), droplets that have condensation, condensed from Water vapor#In Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric water vapor fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is res ...

and

groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and Pore space in soil, soil pore spaces and in the fractures of stratum, rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit ...

.I. Apkhazava,

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...

, V. 7, p. 148, Tbilisi, 1984 year.

References

Rivers of Georgia (country) Rivers of Abkhazia Tributaries of the Black Sea {{Georgia-river-stub