Georgia-Azerbaijan-Armenia mark Mtkvari River Protection Day

Today Georgia and its neighboring countries-Armenia and Azerbaijan mark the Protection Day of a shared river, the Mtkvari.

 The day has been celebrated for 15 years already.

Mtkvari is one of Georgia’s main aquatic arteries. Its basin includes north-eastern Turkey, central and eastern Georgia, almost the whole of Azerbaijan, Armenia and north-western Iran.

The total area of the river basin is 188,000 square km; the river has a total length of 1,515 km. In Georgia alone it extends for 390 km.

The abundance of water resources in Georgia is ranked 3rd in Europe. More than 26,000 rivers flow on Georgian territory. In total, they make up almost 60,000 km of waterways.