Reprua River

Reprua River (მდინარე რეპრუა)
River
Country Georgia (Abkhazia[1])
Source Krubera Cave's springs
Mouth Black Sea
Length 0.027 km (0 mi)

The Reprua (Georgian: რეპრუა) is a river in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[1] Georgia. Only 27 m (89 ft) long, it is possibly the shortest named river in the world.[2]

Sources of the river are the springs in karst Krubera Cave. The Reprua flows into the Black Sea,[3] in the southwestern outskirts of Gagra.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.
  2. (Russian) Expedition of Kazan University
  3. Soviet Union. 1967. p. 263.
  4. Жуйдэбоок, Интернатионал Геологикал Конгресс, 27тх Сессион, УССР, Москов, 1984: Цжехословак Социалист Републик (in Russian). 1984. p. 165.

Coordinates: 43°19′51″N 40°12′17″E / 43.33083°N 40.20472°E / 43.33083; 40.20472


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