Great Liakhvi

The Great Liakhvi (Didi Liakhvi [ˈd̪id̪i ˈliäʷi], Iron Ossetic, Styr Lewakhi) is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, in the de facto independent region of South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (Mtkvari). It is 115 km (71 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 2,311 km2 (892 sq mi). The cities of Tskhinvali and Gori lie along the banks of the Great Liakhvi. The river is mainly fed by the melting snows and glacier runoff of the Caucasus Mountains as well as by underground water sources. The Liakhvi reaches its highest water volume in the spring and summer while the lowest volume is recorded in the winter, when some segments of the river freeze over. The Little Liakhvi is a left-bank tributary.

Flows through: Georgia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.