Çoruh
The Chorokh (Georgian: ჭოროხი Ch'orokhi, Turkish: Çoruh, Armenian: Ճորոխ Chorokh, Greek: Άκαμψις, Akampsis) is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İspir, Yusufeli, and Artvin, along the Kelkit-Çoruh Fault, before flowing into Georgia, where it reaches the Black Sea just south of Batumi and a few kilometers north of the Turkish-Georgian border.
| Çoruh Chorokh, Ch'orokhi, Acampsis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Countries | Turkey and Georgia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mescit Mountains |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
• coordinates | 41.6047°N 41.5742°E |
| Length | 438 km (272 mi) |
| Basin size | 22,100 km2 (8,500 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 278 m3/s (9,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Machakhelistsqali, Acharistsqali |
In Arrian's Periplus Ponti Euxini, it is called the Acampsis (Greek: Άκαμψις); Pliny may have confused it with the Bathys. Procopius writes that it was called Acampsis because it was impossible to force a way through it after it has entered the sea, since it discharges its stream with such force and swiftness, causing a great disturbance of the water before it, that it goes out for a very great distance into the sea and makes it impossible to coast along at that point.
In English, it was formerly known as the Boas, the Churuk, or the Chorokh.