Psou
| Psou | |
|---|---|
 | |
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | Georgia (Abkhazia[1]), Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Greater Caucasus |
| Mouth | |
• location | Black Sea |
• coordinates | 43°23′10″N 40°00′36″E / 43.3861°N 40.0101°E |
| Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
| Basin size | 421 km2 (163 sq mi) |
The Psou (
The principal tributaries of the Psou are the Besh and the Pkhista. Between 1913 and 1955 there was a hydrological station in operation at Leselidze, roughly 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) upstream of the river mouth.[2] The Psou gained notoriety as a smuggling route out of the country, by-passing Russian controls on the border.[4][5] As of 2008 it was still designated as a transboundary river which lacked an international cooperation agreement as part of the UNECE Water Convention.[6]
References
- ^ Russian-occupied territory.
- ^ ISBN 978-92-1-116972-0.
- ISBN 978-1-4020-8638-0.
- ISBN 978-1-58603-664-5.
- ISBN 978-0-8122-0898-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4020-8924-4.
