Mzymta

Coordinates: 43°24′57″N 39°55′25″E / 43.41583°N 39.92361°E / 43.41583; 39.92361
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Mzymta River
Mzymta from Maidens' Eyewater waterfall
Mzymta is located in Krasnodar Krai
Mzymta
Mzymta is located in Caucasus mountains
Mzymta
Mzymta is located in European Russia
Mzymta
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnodar Krai
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationGreater Caucasus
 • elevation2,980 m (9,780 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Black Sea
 • coordinates
43°24′57″N 39°55′25″E / 43.41583°N 39.92361°E / 43.41583; 39.92361
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length89 km (55 mi)[1]
Basin size885 km2 (342 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average45.6 m3/s (1,610 cu ft/s) (near mouth)
Mzymta emptying into the Black Sea
Mzymta from the Akhshtyrskaya cave

The Mzymta (Russian: Мзы́мта, Adyghe: Мэзмытӏэ, Mezmytha) is a river in Northwestern Caucasus, flowing through Mostovsky District and the city of Sochi (Adlersky City District) of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The Mzymta is the largest river in Russia emptying into the Black Sea. It is 89 kilometres (55 mi) long with a watershed of 885 square kilometres (342 sq mi).[1] All the venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics were in the Mzymta Valley.

Geography

The source of the Mzymta is in

spring tides and rain freshets
.

The Mzymta is a floatable river, and the popular attraction is rafting. Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station has a reservoir with a daily streamflow regulation.

Average intensity of flow

  • Krasnaya Polyana: 33.2 cubic metres per second (1,170 cu ft/s)
  • Kepsh: 45.6 cubic metres per second (1,610 cu ft/s) (max 764 cubic metres per second (27,000 cu ft/s))

Major inflows

Inhabited localities

References

  1. ^ a b c Река Мзымта (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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