Psou

The Psou ( ; ; ; ; ) is a river in the West Caucasus, bordering the Gagra Range to the east. It flows along the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and forms a part of the border between Georgia (Abkhazia ) and Russia. Its source is in the Aigra Mountain, and it flows into the Black Sea. The Psou is long, and the drainage basin is approximately . Between the mouth of the river and the mouth of the Mzymta is a "sandy depositional foreland", which is approximately in length and wide. The principal tributaries of the Psou are the Besh and the Pkhista. Between 1913 and 1955, a hydrological station was in operation at Leselidze, roughly upstream of the river's mouth. The Psou gained notoriety as a smuggling route out of the country, by-passing Russian controls on the border. As of 2008 it was still designated as a transboundary river which lacked an international cooperation agreement as part of the UNECE Water Convention.

The Psou ( ; ; ; ; ) is a river in the West Caucasus, bordering the Gagra Range to the east. It flows along the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and forms a part of the border between Georgia (Abkhazia ) and Russia. Its source is in the Aigra Mountain, and it flows into the Black Sea. The Psou is long, and the drainage basin is approximately . Between the mouth of the river and the mouth of the Mzymta is a "sandy depositional foreland", which is approximately in length and wide. The principal tributaries of the Psou are the Besh and the Pkhista. Between 1913 and 1955, a hydrological station was in operation at Leselidze, roughly upstream of the river's mouth. The Psou gained notoriety as a smuggling route out of the country, by-passing Russian controls on the border. As of 2008 it was still designated as a transboundary river which lacked an international cooperation agreement as part of the UNECE Water Convention. ==References==

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