# Mzymta

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{{Infobox river
| 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 = {{Flag|Russia}}
| subdivision_type2 = Federal subject
| subdivision_name2 = {{Flag|Krasnodar Krai}}
* [Adlersky City District](/source/Adlersky_City_District) of [Sochi](/source/Sochi)
| length            ={{convert|89|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="register"/>
| discharge1_avg    = {{convert|45.6|m3/s|abbr=on}} (near mouth)
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| source1_location   = [Greater Caucasus](/source/Greater_Caucasus)
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| mouth_location     = [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea)
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[[Image:Mzymta River.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Mzymta emptying into the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea)]]
[[Image:Mzymta Akhshtyr.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mzymta from the [Akhshtyrskaya cave](/source/Akhshtyrskaya_cave)]]
The '''Mzymta''' ({{Langx|ru|Мзы́мта}}; [Abkhaz](/source/Abkhaz_language): Мӡы́мҭа; {{Langx|ady|Мэзмытӏэ}}, ''Mezmytha'') is a river in Northwestern [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus), flowing through [Mostovsky District](/source/Mostovsky_District) and the city of [Sochi](/source/Sochi) ([Adlersky city district](/source/Adlersky_city_district)) of [Krasnodar Krai](/source/Krasnodar_Krai), [Russia](/source/Russia). The Mzymta is the largest river in Russia emptying into the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea). It is {{convert|89|km}} long with a watershed of {{convert|885|km2}}.<ref name="register">{{cite web|url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=172860|script-title=ru:Река Мзымта|publisher=State Water Register of Russia|language=Russian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref> All the venues of the [2014 Winter Olympics](/source/2014_Winter_Olympics) were in the Mzymta Valley.

==Geography==
The source of the Mzymta is [Lake Verkhny Kardyvach](/source/Lake_Verkhny_Kardyvach) in [Western Caucasus](/source/Western_Caucasus), at a height of {{convert|2980|m}}. The upper course of the river is located within the [Caucasus Nature Reserve](/source/Caucasus_Nature_Reserve). The Mzymta flows in a narrow valley through [Lake Kardyvach](/source/Lake_Kardyvach) and forms several waterfalls, the biggest of which is the Izumrudny (Emerald) waterfall, {{convert|15|m}}. Downstream of Lake Kardyvach, the river flows west and enters [Sochi National Park](/source/Sochi_National_Park). The banks are covered with [beech](/source/beech) forests and [chestnut](/source/chestnut)s, and also ancient [Ubykh](/source/Ubykh_people) gardens with wild [pear](/source/pear), [walnut](/source/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](/source/Adler_Microdistrict), where the rest of the Winter Olympics took place. At the mouth, there is a big talus train, dividing into branches across the [floodplain](/source/floodplain)s. Mzymta carries large amounts of [silt](/source/silt) out to sea. [Mineral spring](/source/Mineral_spring)s are also found in the catchment basin. The river is fed by [spring tide](/source/spring_tide)s and rain [freshet](/source/freshet)s.

The Mzymta is a floatable river, and a popular attraction is [rafting](/source/rafting). [Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station](/source/Krasnopolyanskaya_hydroelectric_power_station) has a reservoir with a daily streamflow regulation.

==Average intensity of flow==
*[Krasnaya Polyana](/source/Krasnaya_Polyana): {{convert|33.2|m3/s}}
*[Kepsh](/source/Kepsh): {{convert|45.6|m3/s}} (max {{convert|764|m3/s}})

==Major inflows==
*[Pslukh](/source/Pslukh)
*[Pudziko](/source/Pudziko)
*[Chvizhepse](/source/Chvizhepse)

==Inhabited localities==
*[Estosadok](/source/Estosadok)
*[Krasnaya Polyana](/source/Krasnaya_Polyana%2C_Sochi%2C_Krasnodar_Krai)
*[Chvizhepse](/source/Chvizhepse)
*[Kepsha](/source/Kepsha)
*[Monastyr](/source/Monastyr%2C_Krasnodar_Krai)
*[Galitsyno](/source/Galitsyno)
*[Kazachy Brod](/source/Kazachy_Brod)
*[Vysokoye](/source/Vysokoye%2C_Krasnodar_Krai)
*[Moldovka](/source/Moldovka)
*[Adler](/source/Adler_Microdistrict)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Rivers of Russia}}

Category:Rivers of Krasnodar Krai
Category:Sochi
Category:Tributaries of the Black Sea

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