The narrowest river in the world. One day in Abkhazia. The shortest river in the world. The deepest and most full-flowing river
Answer from N[guru]
Reprua is a river in the Gagra region of Abkhazia, which has the greatest reason to claim the title of the shortest river in the world. its length is only 18 meters. It is a powerful outlet of an underground karst river, which is fed by water accumulating in deep caves, including the deepest cave in the world, Krubera-Voronya.
As the ancient Abkhazian legend says, Reprua is the tears of the daughters of the underground spirit. The spirit had three daughters and one son, the spirit forged armor and weapons, which made the Abkhaz warriors invincible. After the spirit died, there was no one to make weapons, and the son, along with other soldiers, died in a battle with enemies. Enemy warriors blocked the passage from the three caves in which the sisters lived. Realizing that their brother was dead, the sisters began to cry, and the river Reprua and others flowed from the entrances.
Answer from Serwak Smile[guru]
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Answer from Masha 1[expert]
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Answer from Maxim Shinkarenko[newbie]
Reprua, the river is only 18 meters long
Answer from Master of Answers[guru]
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Answer from Adelina Gromova[active]
In ancient times, an underground spirit lived in the Caucasus, forging magical swords that bring good luck in battle. Warriors saved Abkhazia many times with swords. But the hour of the death of the spirit came, and there was no one else to forge swords ... enemies came, the only son of the spirit was killed, and the three daughters were walled up alive in the deepest cave ... the girls cried so bitterly and for a long time that their tears became streams and washed the exit from the cave with three streams : this is how the Reprua, Anykhamts and Bagerepst rivers appeared.
The smallest river
Bagerepsta and Anykhamtsa are the two coldest rivers on the territory of the entire coast of the Caucasus. And Reprua is the shortest, smallest river in the world.
Reprua is a cold river, it originates in deep mountain caves, and the waters of the river are formed from melting snows. The length of the river is only 18 meters, the water in it is so clean that you will not find it in any spring ...
The smallest river
Actually, the word "reprua" in translation from the Abkhazian language means "jumping". The word reprua is also called the appearance fresh water on the surface of the sea (submarine waters).
Facts: There are two very short, small rivers in the USA. Their names are Dee River and Row River. Their length is 37 and 61 m. Both of these rivers are listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Answer from Niemand[guru]
The Kurkijoki River in the Northern Ladoga Region is also one of the shortest: its length is 300 meters
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Answer from Mikhail abramov[newbie]
The longest river in the world is considered to be the Amazon. Many people have heard of the Amazon. Its area is equal to the area of Australia. But on the globe there is also the shortest river. Despite their modest size, the rivers of this category are very clean and almost never dry up thanks to an underground spring.
American record holders
D River. Located in the US state of Oregon. The length of the Dee River is 37 meters. Despite its length, the Dee River plays an important role connecting Devils Lake with Pacific waters and is located within the same city - Lincoln City. The government of this US state recognized the Dee River as the shortest river in the world. By the way, not only the Oregon authorities thought so. Until the 90s, this river was a Guinness World Record holder (again marked as the shortest river in the world).
In the state of Montana, the Rowe River flows, according to unconfirmed reports, one of its branches is only 17 meters long. This river flows into the full-flowing Missouri.
Rivers of Europe
Kovaselva. The length of the river is 20 meters. The river is located in Norway (on the island of Hitra). The length of this river depends on the tides.
Aril. The length of this Italian river is 175 meters. The river is fed by powerful underground springs. Aril is considered the smallest and shallowest river in Italy. However, despite its length, there are several mills on the territory of the river. There are three bridges across the river itself.
Bain. Located in England. The length of the river is almost 4 meters. Bane is the shortest river in Foggy Albion. In 2011, a hydroelectric power station was built on its territory. The station serves about 40 houses.
Year. The Serbian river is 365 meters long. The locals call Godina "a river in one year". And all because its length is equal to the number of days in one year. This river has also been honored to be included in the Guinness Book of Records. There are three bridges across Godina. The air in this area is fresh and clean even in hot weather. The course of the river, as a rule, does not change. A small stream is adorned with a waterfall located at its end. There is also a cozy restaurant near the waterfall.
Ombla. The river is located in Croatia. The length of Ombla is only 30 meters. At the same time, Ombla is on an honorable mission. This river supplies the nearest town drinking water. In the future, there are plans to build a hydroelectric power station.
Absolute record holder
Reprua. I would like to talk about this river in more detail. It is she who is first cited as an example during conversations about the shortest rivers in the world. Consider some of the features of this river.
The Reprua River is located in Gagra. This resort town of Abkhazia annually receives hundreds of thousands of tourists. Such an influx of guests is not surprising. Gagra is famous for its nature, excellent climate, seas and beaches. In other words, tourists have something to see and where to have a good rest. It is in these parts, two kilometers from the city border, that the Reprua flows.
To date, it has not been possible to determine the exact length of this small river. According to some Abkhazian book sources, the length of the river is about 18 meters. How short this river is can be illustrated by the following example. The length of a standard swimming pool is 25 m. The length of Reprua is 18. It turns out that this stream is shorter than the simplest pool. The name of the river has several meanings. One of them is "submarine water".
The legend of the Abkhazian river
The shortest river in the world has its own history, which is shrouded in great mystery. Unfortunately, little is known about this river. The first mention of this river in scientific publications dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, the time when the climatic station was opened in Gagra. Until now, it has not been possible to find out who discovered this river and when it happened. But there is a real fairy tale about the name of the river.
According to legend, in the distant past, an underground spirit lived near the Black Sea. He had three daughters and one son. The spirit was engaged in forging special magic swords. Each sword had magical powers. Warriors, thanks to swords, defended the city and the Gargan Pass from enemies. The son of the spirit also fought. However, the spirit soon died. Swords were no longer forged, and the city was captured by enemies. The spirit's son was killed, and it was decided to kill his daughters in a cave. The entrance to the cave was blocked with stones, and the girls could not get out of there. Sitting in the cave, they wept bitterly. From their tears, the river Reprua was formed.
It is only known that Reprua flows from the deepest cave. Therefore, the water in the river is quite cold. Its temperature is equivalent to spring water. However, the stones located near the river delta are overgrown with moss. In the caves themselves, water is formed by melting snow in the mountains. Despite its modest size, Reprua supplies the residents of Gagra with drinking, environmentally friendly water.
After careful research, experts assigned a high degree of purity to this river. But Reprua has not yet been included in the Guinness Book of World Records. Perhaps in the near future this omission will be corrected.
There are many short rivers in the world. As you can see, each of them is beautiful in its own way and benefits its country and the whole society in due measure.
Said Bargandzhia, Sputnik.
Record-breaking river
The shortest river in the world, Reprua, is fed by the waters of the deepest cave in the world, Krubera-Voronya, and is considered one of the coldest rivers on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus; its constant temperature is 11°C.
Roman Dbar, director of the Institute of Ecology of the Abkhaz Academy of Sciences, said that Reprua actually begins on the beach, and ends there.
He noted that there may be slight fluctuations in the estimate of the length of the river.
"The length of the Reprua River is 18 meters, but it changes periodically. The fact is that the coastline is in a state of dynamics. But in this case it does not matter, since the length of the river does not exceed 20 meters," said Dbar.
The Reprua River is at least half the length of the shortest recorded rivers in the world.
"It is a fairly full-flowing river, and its water flow is on average two cubic meters per second. And about 30 percent of the volume of this river is consumed by the city of Gagra for drinking," Dbar added.
There were no cases when Reprua completely dried up.
The Reprua River is full of life. It is inhabited by planktonic organisms, algae, fish and zooplankton.
Scientists of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia will prepare an environmental passport for the Reprua River, after which they intend to send an application to the Guinness Book of Records to record the fact that the Reprua River is the shortest river in the world.
The rivers of Abkhazia originate on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains and all flow into the Black Sea. Many of them feed on glaciers in the mountains of Abkhazia, total area which is 77 square kilometers.
The largest rivers of Abkhazia are Ingur, Bzyb, Kodor, each of which is over 100 kilometers long.
Abkhazian river with a French sound
The first records about the Reprua River in the scientific literature were recorded during the time of the Prince of Oldenburg in the early 1900s, during the creation of the Gagra climatic station.
According to the director of the Institute of Ecology of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia Roman Dbar, despite the French sound, the name of the river Reprua has Abkhazian roots.
He said that he did not come across publications and attempts to etymologize the name of the river, but he believes that it was originally called Rypryya.
"Rypryua consists of two roots. The root of arpra is to dig out, to jump out of the ground. Ayuar is a very widespread hydronym in Abkhazia, which literally means a rain stream," said Dbar.
Legend of the river Reprua
The legend says that once upon a time, many centuries ago, an underground spirit settled on the Black Sea coast along with his children, and he had four of them - a son and three twin daughters. The spirit was busy making swords, which he endowed with mighty power. His son, along with other warriors, defended the Gagra mountain pass with these swords, through which the enemy could get into the rich Caucasian region - Abkhazia. And since the swords forged by the underground Spirit had magical powers, the defenders were practically invulnerable and invincible.
However, it so happened that the Spirit died, and there was no one to forge swords. At that moment, the enemy attacked Abkhazia, and without magic swords, the defenders could not withstand the onslaught of the enemy. In this fight, the son of the Spirit was killed. The daughters were taken prisoner. The enemies decided to get rid of the three twin sisters and imprisoned them in a cave, and filled up the entrance with huge boulders. The sisters had no choice but to cry and grieve. Moreover, there were a lot of tears, so many that they accumulated in streams and made their way through the rubble. This is how the three rivers of Anyhamts, Bagerepsta and Reprua were born.
Bagerepsta and Anykhamtsa are the coldest rivers on the territory of the entire Black Sea coast of the Caucasus.
The shortest rivers in the world
The Rowe River and the Dee River flow in the United States. The length of the first is only 61 meters. She flows into the Missouri. But the length of the D-River is even less - only 37 meters. It connects Devils Lake and the Pacific Ocean and is located entirely within the city of Lincoln.
By definition, the shortest river in the world cannot be there, because here, traditionally, everything is the largest on the planet, the inhabitants of these vast territories know absolutely for sure.
But seriously, the question is very interesting and informative, even somewhat unusual, since they usually look for the most full-flowing, longest or deepest river, and not a small one, approaching streams in parameters, but remaining full-fledged water body, capable, for example, to drink a lot of people living near it.
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For example, in hot Africa, where there are no idylls, but the smallest rivers, too, although, it would seem, here, due to the climate that can dry up anything, they should not at all amaze with their size, hiding among the lifeless deserts, a little more populated savannas of the Black Continent.
And, in fact, everything is pretty good with the rivers here. One Nile, successfully competing with the South American Amazon for the title of the largest waterway on the planet, which is worth it. Therefore, it is worth looking for small rivers on other continents of the Earth.
The title of the shortest river is claimed by:
Kovasselva also competes with the 20-meter Tamborassi River on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Directly from one mountain of the southern slope of the Main Caucasian Range. It flows along a natural channel of stones, coastal pebbles, flowing into the Black Sea. This river is called the Reprua. It is located 2 km from the famous resort of Gagra (formerly Gagra), known to all residents of Russia, in the former Soviet, and now recognized and supported in the military-political, economic terms only by Russia, the Republic of Abkhazia. Its length is only 18 m.
This is considered by the scientists of the Abkhaz Academy of Sciences according to the maximum distance to flow into the sea, although at different times of the year, and also, depending on weather conditions, the coastline after storms, its channel changes its direction, location on the ground and varies from 6 ( !) up to 20 m.
Quite often on the Internet you can find information that there is another one near Gagra - a shorter river called Reiroa - 6.35 m, measured, apparently, with an accuracy of 1 cm.
Actually, we are talking everything about the same Reprua, it’s just not clear what the distorted name is for. However, one should not be surprised here, because, as a rule, such "experts in geographical sciences" in all seriousness claim that this is the shortest river in Russia (!). Comments are unnecessary, although, perhaps, this is being treated. For example, diligent, systematic reading.
To the question of the name Reprua, which sounds almost French. Sometimes in connection with this they mention the famous foreigner - the Prince of Oldenburg, who did a lot for this resort town, which he loved so much. But, of course, he did not name the river, although the first mention of it, recorded in documents created at the beginning of the 20th century at the climatic station in Gagra, is associated with the name of its founder. Abkhaz scientists explain that it was originally called Rypryya, but over time the name has changed a bit.
This very small river is interesting not only in length and name:
Apparently, because the inhabitants of Abkhazia are wise people who live a correct, happy life in fabulous places bestowed on them by nature and fate, and, of course, are very different from fussy antipodes from across the ocean, then the question of applying to some the book of records is being considered, but no one is in a hurry on this issue.
Anyone who is going to relax in Sochi can be recommended to visit, located just a few tens of kilometers from it, the beautiful mountainous “country of the soul”, as the locals call it, Abkhazia, so that the shortest river in the world appears with their own eyes, remains in the photographs as a memory of these amazing places.
We bring to your attention a list of the 10 shortest rivers in the world:
1 place. The Reprua River is the smallest river in the world, it is located in Abkhazia, its length is only 18 meters. It is a powerful outlet of an underground karst river, which is fed by water accumulating in deep caves, including the deepest cave in the world, Krubera-Voronya.
As the ancient Abkhazian legend says, Reprua is the tears of the daughters of the underground spirit. The spirit had three daughters and one son, the spirit forged armor and weapons, which made the Abkhaz warriors invincible. After the spirit died, there was no one to make weapons, and the son, along with other soldiers, died in a battle with enemies. Enemy warriors blocked the passage from the three caves in which the sisters lived. Realizing that their brother was dead, the sisters began to cry, and the river Reprua and others flowed from the entrances.
2nd place. The length of the river Kovasselva (Kovasselva) on the island of Hitra (Norway) is an average of 20 meters. The length of a river can vary depending on the tide.
3rd place. The Ombla River in Croatia is only 30 meters long. It flows northeast of the city of Dubrovnik. Despite its small size, the river supplies the city with drinking water. The average annual flow of the river is more than 24 cubic meters per second. It is planned to build a hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 68 megawatts on the river, however, due to the possible danger to environment The project has its detractors.
4th place. D River is located in Oregon. Its length at the most favorable moment for setting a record is 37 meters. However, its real length is 130 m, and it was this figure that was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Until 1989, the Book considered Dee River the smallest river in the world.
5th place. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the Roe River in Montana is currently the smallest river in the world. Its length is 61 meters. It is not known why the staff of the Guinness Book of Records still consider it the shortest, because it is obvious that this is not so. Most likely just hands do not reach.
6th place. The Aril River flows in Verona (Italy). Its length is 175 meters, every second discharge is 14 cubic meters per second. This is the smallest river in Italy. It is powered by underground sources. Despite the small length across the Aril, 3 bridges have been built, an oil mill and several mills are also operating.
7th place. The Fiumelatte River in northern Italy flows for a distance of 250 meters, after which it flows into Lake Como. The name consists of two Italian words fiume (river) and latte (milk). Interestingly, in mid-October the river dries up and reappears only in the second half of March. Fiumilatta was mentioned by Leonardo da Vinci himself.
8th place. The Vrelo River (or Godina) is located in Serbia, its length is 365 meters. The second name of the river was not given by chance, because its length coincides with the number of days in a year. The Guinness Book of Records considers it the shortest river in Europe. It has a trout farm and a mill. 3 bridges were built across the river. Little river ends beautiful waterfall, which flows into the Drina River.
9th place. River Bain is located in North Yorkshire (England). It is 3.95 km long and is the shortest river in England. Despite its size, a small hydroelectric power plant has been built on the river, which began operation in May 2011. The power of the station is 45 kilowatts, which is enough for 40 houses.