Enguri
title: "Enguri" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-abkhazia", "rivers-of-georgia-(country)", "abkhazia–georgia-(country)-border", "tributaries-of-the-black-sea"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-abkhazia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enguri" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Enguri |
| image_caption | The Enguri is the main source of water for the Enguri Dam in Georgia |
| pushpin_map | Georgia#Georgia Abkhazia |
| source1_location | Main Caucasian Range |
| Caucasus Major | |
| mouth | Black Sea |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Georgia |
| length | 213 km |
| basin_size | 4060 km2 |
| tributaries_right | Mulkhra |
| :: |
| name = Enguri | image = | image_size = | image_caption = The Enguri is the main source of water for the Enguri Dam in Georgia | pushpin_map = Georgia#Georgia Abkhazia | source1_location = Main Caucasian Range Caucasus Major | mouth = Black Sea | mouth_coordinates = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Georgia | length = 213 km | basin_size = 4060 km2 | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = Mulkhra
The Enguri (ენგური , , , Egry) is a river in western Georgia. It is 213 km long, and has a drainage basin of 4060 km2. It originates near Ushguli in northeastern Svaneti and plays an important role in providing hydroelectric power to the area and the country. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/ენგურის_ხეობა_(G.N._2010).jpg" caption="The Enguri Valley"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Enguri_river_with_bridge.jpg" caption="Abkhazia"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Enguri_river_with_modern_viewtower.jpg" caption="Mouth of Enguri river with viewtower, September 2018"] ::
The river emerges from the high Caucasus near the highest mountain in Georgia, Shkhara, and winds through the mountain valleys to the northwest before turning southwest to empty into the Black Sea near Anaklia.
Since the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict, both Georgia and Abkhazia keep troops on the river; Russia also keeps peacekeeping troops. The only legal crossing-point is the 870 m long , which was built by German prisoners of war from 1944 until 1948. There are also a number of illegal connections across the river.
The river plays an important role in the Georgian energy production. In 1988 the Enguri Dam was built at a height of 240 m. At 750 m across and 271.5 m high, it is the largest construction in the Caucasus. The dam has the capacity to hold 1.1 e6m3 of water. The underground water works produce about 40% of the national energy. The capacity is 1,300 megawatts.
References
References
- [https://www.geostat.ge/media/35685/Yearbook_2020.pdf Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020], National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12.
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