Reprua River
Reprua River is located in Abkhazia
Reprua River
Reprua River is located in Georgia
Reprua River
Native name
Location
CountryGeorgia (Abkhazia[1])
Physical characteristics
SourceKrubera Cave's springs
MouthBlack Sea
 • coordinates
43°19′51″N 40°12′17″E / 43.33083°N 40.20472°E / 43.33083; 40.20472
Length0.018 km (0.011 mi)

The Reprua (Abkhaz: Аԥрҩа, Georgian: რეპრუა) is a river in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[1] Georgia. Only 18 m (59 ft) long, it is one of the shortest rivers in the world[2] and is said to be one of the coldest rivers on the Black Sea coast. [3]

Sources of the river are the springs in karst Krubera Cave. The Reprua flows into the Black Sea,[4] in the southwestern outskirts of Gagra.[5]

Based on an ancient Abkhazian legend, reprua are the tears of the children of the underground spirit. An underground spirit lived on the shores of the Black Sea with his son and 3 daughters. Suli was forging weapons for his boy and the warriors who guarded the only entrance to Abkhazia, the Gagra Pass.

The weapons he forged were invincible, and the girls made food and clothes. After the death of the soul, no one could renew the weapon, and so his son and the warriors who stood by him were defeated in an unequal war against numerous armies that came from distant lands. Those who went south destroyed the 3 cave entrances through which the sisters came to the surface to see their brother. When the sisters realized that their brother was dead, they started crying. Tears formed small streams, which at the exit of the cave formed rivers Reprua, Anikhamtsa and Bagarepsta. [6]

See also

  • Roe River, in the United States, also claimed to be the shortest river in the world at 61 m (200 ft)
  • D River, also in the United States and claimed to be the shortest river in the world at 37 m (121 ft)
  • Ombla, in Croatia, claimed to be the shortest river in the world at 30 m (98 ft)

References

  1. 1 2 The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
  2. ↑ (in Russian) Expedition of Kazan University
  3. ↑ "მდინარე რეპრუა - Travel in Georgia". მდინარე რეპრუა - Travel in Georgia. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ↑ Soviet Union. 1967. p. 263.
  5. ↑ Жуйдэбоок, Интернатионал Геологикал Конгресс, 27тх Сессион, УССР, Москов, 1984: Цжехословак Социалист Републик (in Russian). 1984. p. 165.
  6. ↑ "მდინარე რეპრუა - Travel in Georgia". მდინარე რეპრუა - Travel in Georgia. Retrieved 2023-02-26.


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