Mzymta

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title: "Mzymta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-krasnodar-krai", "sochi", "tributaries-of-the-black-sea"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-krasnodar-krai" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzymta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Mzymta River
image	Mzymta Maiden Eyewater.jpg
image_caption	Mzymta from Maidens' Eyewater waterfall
pushpin_map	Russia Krasnodar Krai#Caucasus mountains#European Russia
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Russia
subdivision_type2	Federal subject
subdivision_name2	Krasnodar Krai
length	89 km
discharge1_avg	45.6 m3/s (near mouth)
source1_location	Greater Caucasus
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	2980 m
mouth_location	Black Sea
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	0 m
basin_size	885 km2
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Adlersky City District of Sochi | length =89 km | discharge1_avg = 45.6 m3/s (near mouth) | source1 = | source1_location = Greater Caucasus | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = 2980 m | mouth = | mouth_location = Black Sea | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 0 m | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 885 km2 | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Mzymta_River.JPG" caption="Mzymta emptying into the [[Black Sea"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Mzymta_Akhshtyr.jpg" caption="Mzymta from the [[Akhshtyrskaya cave"] ::

The Mzymta (; Abkhaz: Мӡы́мҭа; , Mezmytha) is a river in Northwestern Caucasus, flowing through Mostovsky District and the city of Sochi (Adlersky City District) of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The Mzymta is the largest river in Russia emptying into the Black Sea. It is 89 km long with a watershed of 885 km2. All the venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics were in the Mzymta Valley.

Geography

The source of the Mzymta is Lake Verkhny Kardyvach in Western Caucasus, at a height of 2980 m. The upper course of the river is located within the Caucasus Zapovednik. The Mzymta flows in a narrow valley through Lake Kardyvach and forms several waterfalls, the biggest of which is the Izumrudny (Emerald) waterfall, 15 m. Downstream of Lake Kardyvach, the river flows west and enters Sochi National Park. The banks are covered with beech forests and chestnuts, and also ancient Ubykh gardens with wild pear, walnut and chestnut. In Esto-Sadok and Krasnaya Polyana, the Mzymta flows through its first urban area, where some of the events of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place. Downstream it turns south. The Mzymta comes through the Akhshtyr and Dzykhra gorges, which are popular tourist attractions. The Mzymta enters the Black Sea in Adler, where the rest of the Winter Olympics took place. At the mouth, there is a big talus train, dividing into branches across the floodplains. Mzymta carries large amounts of silt out to sea. Mineral springs are also found in the catchment basin. The river is fed by spring tides and rain freshets.

The Mzymta is a floatable river, and a popular attraction is rafting. Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station has a reservoir with a daily streamflow regulation.

Average intensity of flow

Krasnaya Polyana: 33.2 m3/s
Kepsh: 45.6 m3/s (max 764 m3/s)

Major inflows

Inhabited localities

References

link. State Water Register of Russia

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