Kelasuri River

Kelasuri[2] or Kelasyri ,[3] also Kalashir [4] (Abkhazian: Kyalashәyr [Kyalashir], Georgian: კელასური [Kelasuri]) - river in Abkhazia .

Kelasuri
Location
Country	Abkhazia-Georgia
State	Sukhumi district / Gulrypsh district
Physical characteristics
Source	Kelasuri First / Kelasuri Second
• location	Caucasus Major
• coordinates	43°14′15″N 41°11′46″E
• elevation	1,380 m (4,530 ft)
Mouth	Georgia/Abkhazia[1]
• location	Black Sea
• coordinates	42°58′16″N 41°03′58″E[2]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	42 km (26 mi)
Basin size	220 square kilometres (85 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	13.2 m^3/s (470 cu ft/s)

The source is located on the glacier Khimsa at Bzyb Range. Kelasuri begins at the merger of Kelasuri First and Kelasuri Second rivers.

The river flows along the administrative border of the Sukhumi and Gulripshi districts.

The river sources are glacial water and rain. Water consumption in early May is about 20-25 m³ / s. A significant part of the river bed runs along the gorge. 5 km from the center Sukhum and flows into the Black Sea. It is one of the largest rivers in Abkhazia.[5]

References

1. 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formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
2. Kelasuri GeoNames
3. Small Atlas of the USSR. - M.: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1980. - 197 p. - S. 89-90.
4. Ethnocap of the Abkhaz ASSR 1959
5. Hardy A. V. "Toponymic Dictionary of the North Caucasus". Part 1, 2. Krasnodar Book Publishing House, 2006.