Reprois River

According to an ancient legend, Reprue is the tear of the daughters of the underground spirit. An underground spirit lived on the Black Sea coast with his son and three twin daughters. The underground spirit forged weapons for his son and other warriors who defended the only way to Abkhazia — the Gagra Passage.

This weapon made its owner invincible. After the death of the spirit, there was no one to update the weapon, and the son, along with his companions, died in an unequal battle with non-native hordes of enemies from distant lands. Having penetrated deep into the edge and reached the caves, the enemies filled up with stones all the exits from where the sisters came to the surface of the earth. Trapped in eternal captivity, the defenseless women wept with great grief. From their tears, streams arose, which, breaking through the rubble, formed the Reproy River.

The Reprue is one of the coldest rivers on the Black Sea coast. It flows into the Black Sea, and its source is located 18 meters from the sea. With a strong sea tide, the length of the river sometimes decreases to 6-10 meters.

The Reprue is a powerful karst stream that collects water in the underground karst system and is located in the central part of the Arabica massif of the Gagra range. Some of the water is absorbed into the surface of the beach and flows into the sea through underground channels. Another indicator is the river: its debit ranges from 1,660 to 3,160 liters/s. The river supplies Gagra with water.

Due to the fact that the Reproy River flows underground, the Guinness Book of World Records does not recognize its right to be called the shortest river in the world. The shortest rivers in the world are the U.S. rivers Roe River (61 meters, Montana) and Dee River (36 meters, Ohio).

Location:
Gagra municipality, the vicinity of Staraya Gagra.
Coordinates:
43019'51"; E40012'22".
How to get there:
the distance from Tbilisi is 560 km, from Sukhumi — 106 km, from Gagra — 3 km.