{{Short description|River in Georgia and Azerbaijan}} {{Infobox river | name = Iori | native_name = {{native name list|tag1=ka|name1=იორი |tag2=az|name2=Qabırrı}} | image = Iori River (in Tianeti) 1.jpg | image_caption = The Iori in Tianeti. | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Georgia, Azerbaijan | length_km = 320 | discharge1_avg = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Greater Caucasus | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Mingachevir reservoir | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Iori''' ({{lang-ka|იორი}}, {{langx|az|Qabırrı}}) is a river in the South Caucasus that originates in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in eastern Georgia and flows south into Azerbaijan, where it is also known as Gabirry (Qabirry). The river eventually flows into the Mingachevir reservoir, which is drained by the Kura. It is {{convert|320|km|abbr=on}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|4650|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><ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article056396.html Иори], Great Soviet Encyclopedia</ref> It starts in the mountains northeast of Tianeti, flows through that town, swings east and flows through the lowlands parallel to and between the Alazani (north) and the Kura (south).
In Antiquity, the river was known as the '''Cambyses''' river.<ref name="Iranica">{{Encyclopaedia Iranica|last=Chaumont|first=Marie Louise|title=CAMBYSENE|volume=4|fascicle=7|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/cambysene|page=726}}</ref> This ancient name of the river was also lent to the ancient region of Cambysene.<ref name="Iranica"/>
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