Reprua River
| Reprua River (მდინარე რეპრუა) | |
| River | |
 | |
| Country | Georgia (Abkhazia[1]) |
|---|---|
| Source | Krubera Cave's springs |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
| Length | 0.027 km (0 mi) |
The Reprua (Georgian: რეპრუა) is a river in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[1] Georgia. Only 27 m (89 ft) long, it is possibly the shortest named river in the world.[2]
Sources of the river are the springs in karst Krubera Cave. The Reprua flows into the Black Sea,[3] in the southwestern outskirts of Gagra.[4]
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 2 Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.
- ↑ (Russian) Expedition of Kazan University
- ↑ Soviet Union. 1967. p. 263.
- ↑ Жуйдэбоок, Интернатионал Геологикал Конгресс, 27тх Сессион, УССР, Москов, 1984: Цжехословак Социалист Републик (in Russian). 1984. p. 165.
Coordinates: 43°19′51″N 40°12′17″E / 43.33083°N 40.20472°E
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