The Vere ( ka, ვერე) is a
river
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in eastern
Georgia
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, originating in the eastern slopes of the
Trialeti Range, near
Mount Didgori, and flowing into the
Mtkvari (Kura) as its right tributary in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...
, the capital of Georgia.
The Vere river valley from Tbilisi to the
townlet of
Manglisi
Manglisi ( ka, მანგლისი, ) is a ''Daba (settlement), daba'' (townlet) in the Tetritsqaro Municipality, Kvemo Kartli mkhare, region of Georgia (country), Georgia. As of the 2014 census, it had a population of 1,441. With a recorded h ...
is populated by a continuous chain of settlements such as
Bagebi,
Akhaldaba,
Tskneti,
Betania and Tsveri. A portion of the Vere river in Tbilisi flows in a set of corrugated steel tunnels under the Varaziskhevi–Tamarashvili Street motorway constructed from 2009 to 2010.
The long Vera has a basin area of . The river is fed by snow melt, rain, and underground springs.
It is characterized by periodic
flash flood
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s
such as
one in June 2015 which inflicted severe damage on the city's infrastructure, including its
zoo
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, and resulted in at least 20 fatalities.
The Vere, as explained by the early 18th-century Georgian scholar
Prince Vakhushti
Vakhushti ( ka, ვახუშტი; 1696 – 1757) was a Georgians, Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili''), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, ''Description of the Kingdom of Georgia'' and ...
, was formerly known as the Skvireti or Skoreti (სკვირეთი, სკორეთი). This
hydronym
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appears in the medieval ''
Georgian Chronicles''. The Vere river valley is home to several cultural landmarks; the 12th-century
Betania Monastery is located near the sources of the river,
while the
Lurji Monastery,
, and the children's recreational park Mziuri, are close to the mouth, in Tbilisi.
References
{{Rivers of Georgia
Rivers of Georgia (country)
Geography of Tbilisi
Vake, Tbilisi