Vere (river)
| Vere | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | ვერე(Georgian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Trialeti Range |
| Mouth | Mtkvari |
• location | Tbilisi |
• coordinates | 41°42′42″N44°47′21″E/ 41.7116°N 44.7893°E |
| Length | 45 km (28 mi) |
| Basin size | 194 km2(75 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.97 m3/s (34 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kura→Caspian Sea |
TheVere(Georgian:ვერე) is ariverin easternGeorgia,originating in the eastern slopes of theTrialeti Range,nearMount Didgori,and flowing into theMtkvari(Kura) as its right tributary inTbilisi,the capital of Georgia.[1]The Vere river valley from Tbilisi to thetownletofManglisiis populated by a continuous chain of settlements such asBagebi,Akhaldaba,Tskneti,Betaniaand Tsveri.[2]A portion of the Vere river in Tbilisi flows in a set of corrugated steel tunnels under the Varaziskhevi–Tamarashvili Street motorway constructed from 2009 to 2010.[3]
The 45 km (28 mi) long Vera has a basin area of 194 km2(75 sq mi). The river is fed by snow melt, rain, and underground waters.[1]It is characterized by periodicflash floods[1]such asone in June 2015which inflicted severe damage on the city's infrastructure, including itszooand resulted in at least 20 fatalities.
The Vere, as explained by the early 18th-century Georgian scholarPrince Vakhushti,[4]was formerly known as the Skvireti or Skoreti (სკვირეთი, სკორეთი). Thishydronymappears in the medievalGeorgian Chronicles.The Vere river valley is home to several cultural landmarks; the 12th-centuryBetania Monasteryis located near the sources of the river,[1]while theLurji Monastery,[5]Tbilisi Zoo,and the children's recreational park Mziuri, are close to the mouth, on the territory of Tbilisi.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeKikalashvili, T. (1979). "ვერე" [Vere].ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტ. 4 [Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 4](in Georgian). Tbilisi. p. 369.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^Bondyrev, Igor; Lominadze, George (2009)."New Discoveries in the Vere River Valley (Central Georgia)"(PDF).Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences.3(2): 118–121. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2015-06-17.Retrieved2015-06-14.
- ^"Projects: Highway from Varaziskhevi to Tamarashvili Street".Caucasus Road Project.Retrieved14 June2015.
- ^Wakhoucht, Tsarévitch(1842).Brosset, Marie-Félicité(ed.).ღეოღრაჶიული აღწერა საქართველოჲსა. Description géographique de la Géorgie[Geographic description of Georgia] (in Georgian and French). S.-Pétersbourg: A la typographie de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences. pp. 177–178.
- ^Hewsen, Robert H.(1992).The Geography of Ananias of Širak: Ašxarhac'oyc', the Long and the Short Recensions.Reichert. p. 247.ISBN3-88226-485-3.
