Enguri River

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The Enguri River is a major river in western Georgia that flows from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black Sea and is notable for the Enguri Dam, one of the tallest arch dams in the world.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Enguri River canonical 10
Inguri River 2
Enguri River basin 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam
reservoir
river
alternativeName Enguri River
surface form: Inguri River
basinCountry Georgia
continent Asia
Europe
country Georgia
Georgia
creates Enguri Dam
surface form: Enguri Reservoir
crosses Jvari
drainageBasin Black Sea drainage basin
surface form: Black Sea basin
flowsDirection generally westward
flowsInto Black Sea
flowsThrough Mestia
surface form: Mestia Municipality

Zugdidi
surface form: Zugdidi Municipality
formsBorderWith Abkhazia
hasStructure Enguri Dam
hasTributary Khiristskali River
surface form: Khobistskali River

Mestiachala River
Mulkhura River
hasValley Enguri Valley
height approximately 271.5 m
impounds Enguri River self-linksurface differs
languageOfToponym Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
length approximately 213 km
locatedIn South Caucasus
western Georgia
surface form: Western Georgia
locatedOn Enguri River self-linksurface differs
Enguri River self-linksurface differs
mountainRange Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus Mountains
mouthCountry Georgia
mouthLocation Black Sea
nearbyCity Zugdidi
notableFor Enguri Dam
oneOf tallest arch dams in the world
partOf Black Sea basin
Caucasus region
purpose hydroelectric power generation
region Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Svaneti
surface form: Upper Svaneti
sourceCountry Georgia
sourceLocation Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus Mountains
usedFor fishing
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
transport of local resources
watercourseThrough Enguri Gorge

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samegrelo hasRiver Enguri River
Svaneti hasRiver Enguri River
western Georgia hasRiver Enguri River
subject surface form: Western Georgia
village of Ushguli overlooks Enguri River
subject surface form: Ushguli
this entity surface form: Enguri River valley
Odishi hasRiver Enguri River
this entity surface form: Inguri River
Mount Ushba nearRiver Enguri River
Enguri River locatedOn Enguri River self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Enguri Dam
Enguri River impounds Enguri River self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Enguri Dam
Enguri River locatedOn Enguri River self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Enguri Reservoir
Enguri River alternativeName Enguri River
this entity surface form: Inguri River
Mount Tetnuldi drainageBasin Enguri River
this entity surface form: Enguri River basin
Zugdidi hasNearbyAttraction Enguri River
Anaklia locatedOn Enguri River
Anaklia hasNearbyRiver Enguri River