Ksani

{{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 (South Ossetia)<ref>{{South Ossetia-note}}</ref> | length = {{convert|84|km|mi|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg =  | source1 = Greater Caucasus | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Kura | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41.8546|44.5626|region:GE_type:river|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = {{RKura}} | basin_size = {{convert|885|km2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Ksani''' ({{Lang-ka|ქსანი}}, {{Langx|os|Чысандон}}, ''Ĉysandon'') is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (''Mtkvari''). It is a left tributary of the Kura. The Ksani is {{convert|84|km|abbr=on}} long, and has a 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 Georgian Ksani fortress which lies near the confluence of the Ksani and the Mtkvari.

== See also == *Duchy of Ksani == References == {{Reflist}}

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