Were (Kura)

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Were
The were near the Betania Monastery

The were near the Betania Monastery

Data
location East Georgia
River system Kura
Drain over Kura  → Caspian Sea
Headwaters Trialeti Mountains
41 ° 43 ′ 23 ″  N , 44 ° 26 ′ 43 ″  E
Source height 1800.5  m
muzzle Kura coordinates: 41 ° 42 ′ 42 "  N , 44 ° 47 ′ 22"  E 41 ° 42 ′ 42 "  N , 44 ° 47 ′ 22"  E

length 45 km
Catchment area 194 km²
Drain MQ
 970 l / s
Big cities Tbilisi

The Were ( Georgian : ვერე ) is a river in eastern Georgia that rises in the eastern slopes of the Trialeti Mountains near Mount Didgori and flows into the Kura as a right tributary in Tbilisi , the capital of Georgia .

On June 14, 2015, a Were flash flood caused severe flooding in Tbilisi
A crocodile from the Tbilisi Zoo in the Were

In the river valley of the Were, which stretches from Tbilisi to the village of Manglissi, an unbroken chain of settlements has settled, including Bagebi, Achaldaba, Zqneti, Betania and Zweri. Part of the Were in Tbilisi flows through a series of corrugated steel tunnels under the highway between Warasischewi and Tamarashvili Streets, which was built between 2009 and 2010.

The Were has a length of 45 km and a catchment area of ​​194 km 2 . The river is fed by melting snow, rain and groundwater. It is characterized by periodic flash floods , such as one on June 14, 2015 that caused severe damage to Tbilisi’s infrastructure, including the zoo, and killed at least 19 people.

According to records of the Georgian scholar Prince Wachuschti from the early 18th century, the were in the past was known as Skwireti or Skoreti (სკვირეთი, სკორეთი). These hydronyms appear in medieval Georgian chronicles, including one by Leonti Mroweli from the 11th century. There are several cultural monuments and leisure facilities in the Were river valley . While the Betania Monastery of the Birth of the Holy Mother of God is close to the source, the Lurdschi Monastery , the Tbilisi Zoo and the Msiuri children's amusement park are located at the mouth in the Tbilisi catchment area.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d T. Kikilashvili: Were . In: ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტ. 4 [Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 4] . Tbilisi 1979, p. 369 (Georgian: ვერე .).
  2. ↑ Igor Bondyrew, George Lominadze: New Discoveries in the Vere River Valley (Central Georgia) Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. In: Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences . 3, No. 2, 2009, pp. 118-121. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Project: Highway from Varaziskhevi to Tamarashvili Street . Caucasus Road Project. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Tbilisi Flood Death Toll Rises to 19 . In: Civil Georgia , June 16, 2015. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015. 
  5. ↑ Prince Wachuschti: Description geographique de la Géorgie . Ed .: Marie Felicité Brosset . la typographie de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences, Saint Petersburg 1842, p. 177–178 (Original title: ღეოღრაჶიული აღწერა საქართველოჲსა .).
  6. ^ Robert H. Hewsen: The Geography of Ananias of Širak: Ašxarhac'oyc ', the Long and the Short Recensions . Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-88226-485-3 , p. 247 .