Aapsta River
Aapsta[2] ( Georgian: ააფსთა ) is a river in Abkhazia. It originates on the southern slopes of the Achbikhvdar ridge in the Gudauta pass area in beech forests at 1445 meters above sea level;[3] flows into the Black Sea between the village Tskuara (Primorskoe) and the city Gudauta.
| Aapsta | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | Abkhazia, Georgia[1] |
| State | Gudauta District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Caucasus Major |
| • coordinates | 43°17′47″N 40°49′07″E |
| • elevation | 1,445 m (4,741 ft) |
| Mouth | Georgia/Abkhazia[1] |
• location | Black Sea |
• coordinates | 43°05′17″N 40°41′15″E[2] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 35 km (22 mi) |
| Basin size | 243 square kilometres (94 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 13.2 m3/s (470 cu ft/s) |
Physical and geographical characteristics
The length of the river is 35 kilometers, the catchment area is 243 km2, the slope of the river is 41.3 ‰, the prevailing width of the river is 15 meters, the depth is from 0.3 to 2.1 meters with a current speed of 1.3-1.6 m / s.[3]
In the middle and lower reaches of the coast, overgrown with beech-hornbeam forest. On the river are the villages Aats and Abgarhuk, at the mouth - the village Tskuara (Primorskoe).
The predominant type of feeding is snow feeding in the upper reaches; closer to the mouth, rain feeding becomes important. Average mineralization of waters is 213 mg / l. The type of water regime is the Black Sea, floods occur at all seasons.[3]
Through the Dokhurtu tributary, Aapsta is connected with the cave system Snezhnaya (Snowy) Cave.[4]
Tributaries
The Aapsta has 83 tributaries, the density of its river basin is 0.77 km / km2.[3] The main tributaries are:
- Dohurta - left tributary
- Mtsara - left tributary
- Dzish - left tributary
- Dry - left tributary
- Noisy - right tributary
- Fast - left tributary
- Spinal - left tributary
- Mtsaga - right tributary
Etymology
Hydronym comes from the Abkhaz language, from the Abkhazian "aaps" translates as "yew river".[5]
References
- Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
- Aapsta GeoNames
- B. A. Vakhrushev, V. N. Dublyansky, G. N. Amelichev. "Karst of the Bzyb ridge. Western Caucasus". www.snowcave.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-05-11.. M .: Publishing house of RUDN, 2001.
- A. S. Gusev, S. E. Mazina. Results of indicator experiments and the movement of karst waters in the southern part of the Khipsta massif. Integrated use and protection of underground spaces: Mezhdunar. scientific-practical conf., dedicated. 100th anniversary of scientific. and tourist and excursion activities in the Kungur Ice Cave and the 100th anniversary of the birth. V.S. Lukina / State Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; under total. ed. O. Kadebskaya, V. Andreychuk. - Perm, 2014. - 380 p.
- A. V. Tverdy, "Toponymic Dictionary of the Caucasus". 2011
