{{Infobox river | name = Tskhenistsqali | native_name ={{native name|ka|ცხენისწყალი}} | image = Tskhenistsqali valley near Mami.JPG | image_caption = Tskhenistsqali valley in Lower Svaneti <!---------------------- MAPS --> | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti#Georgia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | source1_location = [[Caucasus Major]] | mouth = [[Rioni]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42.1252|42.2989|display=inline,title}} | length = {{convert|176|km|mi|abbr=on}} | progression = {{RRioni}} | basin_size = {{convert|2120|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = }} [[File:CkhenistskaliRiver800px.svg|thumb|left|Tskhenistsqali river (in red) on the map of Georgia]]
The '''Tskhenistsqali''' ({{lang-ka|ცხენისწყალი}}, ''Cxenisċqali'' {{IPA|ka|t̪͡s̪ʰχe̞n̪is̪t͡s'χ'äli|}}, also: ''Tskhenistskali'')<ref>[https://www.mindat.org/feature-611409.html Tskhenistskali, Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413211612/https://www.mindat.org/feature-611409.html |date=2021-04-13 }} [[Mindat.org]]</ref> is a river in northern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Its source is in the main range of the [[Caucasus Mountains]], in the easternmost part of the [[Lentekhi Municipality]], lower [[Svaneti]]. A tributary of the river [[Rioni]], it is {{convert|176|km|abbr=on}} long, and has a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|2120|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>[https://www.geostat.ge/media/35685/Yearbook_2020.pdf Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413094204/https://www.geostat.ge/media/35685/Yearbook_2020.pdf |date=2021-04-13 }}, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12.</ref> It flows through the small towns [[Lentekhi]] and [[Tsageri]] and joins the Rioni near the town of [[Samtredia]]. The main tributaries of Tskhenistskali are: Zsekho, Kheleldula, Janolula ( from the right ), Kobishuri, Leuseri, Khopuri (from the left).
From etymological standpoint the name is derived from the Georgian words ცხენი (''Cxeni,'' "[[horse]]") and წყალი (''Tsqali'', "[[water]]"), thereby meaning "horse water" and is therefore identified with the ancient Hippus river mentioned by Arrian (Periplus, 13).
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