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General Information
The
borders
of Gori region are: North - South Osetia, West –Kareli; South – Borjomi
and Tsalka. Area:
1375,9 sq/km; Population:
150216; Climate:
Subtropical, temperature warm, wet to dry, the average annual temperature
on the plain is 11oc;
in the mountainous area – 7,7oc.,
the maximum temperature - +370,
minimum -37o.
The precipitation
on the plain 585mm: Lowland - 608 mm, maximum 760 mm and minimum
330 mm.
West
and East winds
blow all the year round. Mountain winds blow in the southern mountainous
part of the region.
Rivers:
The river Mtkvari crosses the territory from the west to the south. The
tributaries of the Mtkvari are: from the left –The Liakhvi and from the
right the Tana. There are some other minor rivers such as: the Patara Liakhvi.
the Mejuda, the Charebula, the Dzama and the Tedzami..
The
source of the Liakhvi with tributaries is on the south slope of the Caucasian
ridge. The
Tana and Tedzami flow from the north slope of the Trialeti ridge. The rivers
are used for irrigation and energetic purposes. (Since 1990 due to economic
management crisis the use of the rivers had been complicated.) Fossil
is
highly productive for agriculture: gardening, vine and wheat growing, crops
and garden plants. Plants:
crops and garden plants grow on the plains, along the rivers there are
grove forests. On
the Trialeti ridge there are deciduous forests. Animals: deer,
wolves, lynxes, jackals, foxes, brown bears. Birds:
hawks, sparrows, partridges, grouse. Fishes:
trout, tsimors, murtsa, barbel etc. According to the authors of the antique epoch and archaeological excavationsin the antique period are part of the route connecting western Europe to India lay across Georgia and it ran along both sides of the river Mtkvari. Priority was given to the road lying on the left bank of the river, passing through Mtsketa, Mukhrani, Samtavisi, Gori, Urbnisi, Ruisi. Important route passing through Georgia connected Asia Minor to Mtsketa and from There through Aragvi gorge reached northern Caucasus In
early Bronze Age the so-called “Mtkvari-Araksi culture” developed in Shida
Kartli. Gori was the main defensive center of Shida Kartli. The seizure
of Gori meant the anihilation of Shida Kartli. That’s why the Georgians
always fiercely fight for Gori. Gori
is the center of
Shida
Kartli. This is the crossroad of the routes from the west to the east
and from the south to the north. But it was not only the crossroad of the
main trade routes but the main defensive eitadel of the country as well. |
