# Ksani

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{{Short description|River in Georgia}}{{Infobox river
| name              = Ksani
| native_name       = {{native name list |tag1=ka|name1=ქსანი |tag2=os|name2=Чысандон}}
| image             = Ravine of Ksani.jpg
| image_caption     = Ravine of Ksani
| pushpin_map        = Georgia#Caucasus mountains
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)) (South Ossetia)<ref>{{South Ossetia-note}}</ref>
| length            = {{convert|84|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg    = 
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| source1            = [Greater Caucasus](/source/Greater_Caucasus)
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| mouth              = [Kura](/source/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river))
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| progression        = {{RKura}}
| basin_size         = {{convert|885|km2|abbr=on}}
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The '''Ksani''' ({{Lang-ka|ქსანი}}, {{Langx|os|Чысандон}}, ''Ĉysandon'') is a river in central [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)), which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater [Caucasus Mountain Range](/source/Caucasus_Mountains) in [South Ossetia](/source/South_Ossetia) and flows into the [Kura](/source/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river)) (''Mtkvari''). It is a left tributary of the [Kura](/source/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river)). The Ksani is {{convert|84|km|abbr=on}} long, and has a [drainage basin](/source/drainage_basin) of {{convert|885|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>[https://www.geostat.ge/media/35685/Yearbook_2020.pdf Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020], National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12.</ref> ''Ksani'' (both the river and the name) is often associated with the [Medieval](/source/Medieval) [Georgian](/source/Georgia_(country)) [Ksani fortress](/source/Ksani_fortress) which lies near the confluence of the Ksani and the [Mtkvari](/source/Mtkvari).

== See also ==
*[Duchy of Ksani](/source/Duchy_of_Ksani)
== References ==
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{{Rivers of Georgia}}

Category:Rivers of Georgia (country)
Category:Rivers of South Ossetia
Category:Akhalgori District
Category:Geography of Mtskheta-Mtianeti

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