The Mzymta is the most interesting mountain river in the Krasnodar Territory. Mzymta river: description, sleeping, fishing, rest, embankment Modern beaches of a modern resort town
River "Mzymta" The Mzymta River is the largest and most abundant of the rivers of the Black Sea coast within Krasnodar Territory... Mzymta originates on the southern slope of the Main Caucasian ridge in the area of Mount Loyub, at an altitude of 2980 m. Having made a path of 89 km among the mountains. Mzymta flows into the Black Sea at Adler.
Translated from Circassian Mzymta means "mad", and it fully justifies its name, as it is stormy mountain river, quickly and noisily carrying its foaming waters between the steep rocky shores. At the very source of the Mzymta, it looks like a mountain stream falling from a steepness in cascades of clean and transparent cold water... Two kilometers from the source, the river flows into the picturesque alpine lake Kardyvach, about 0.5 km long. It is located at an altitude of 1850 m, in a deep basin and is surrounded by high mountains... Nature is beautiful here: variegated green carpets delight the eye alpine meadows, dark greens coniferous forests on the slopes of the mountains, sparkling snowfields.
From Lake Kardyvach Mzymta flows out as a calm river with a clear cold water and flows at first, meandering in the low meadows. Then the river valley narrows. Mzymta, raging, breaks through a narrow crevice and rapidly falls down a waterfall with a mighty rumble, scattering cascades of spray. This waterfall, called Emerald, has a fall height of about 15 m. It presents an insurmountable obstacle even for a swift trout, and it does not occur above the waterfall, while there are quite a few below it.
Many tributaries flow into the Mzymta, the largest of them are Plukh, Pudziko, Chvizhepse. On the tributaries of the Mzymta, fast mountain rivers, there are a number of waterfalls.
At 46 - 48 km from the source on the right bank of the Mzymta, in a picturesque valley, there is the working village of Krasnaya Polyana at an altitude of about 600 m above sea level. Even further downstream, the Mzymta valley narrows again, since the river, breaking through here through the Aibga-Achishkho ridge, forms the Greek gorge. Its shores are composed of dark gray Jurassic shale. Falling steeply, the river, squeezed by rocks, has a rapid rapids flow. During floods in the narrowest part of the gorge, the water horizon can rise higher than usual, up to 5 meters or more.
Having escaped from the Greek Gorge, the river widens its valley, and the floodplain here has a width of 100 to 500 m. However, after about 1.5 km, the river valley narrows sharply again. Here the Mzymta cuts through the Akhtsu-Katsirkha mountain range and forms its deepest and longest gorge, Akhtsu, reminiscent of the famous Darial gorge. The width of the gorge along the bottom in some places is only 8-10 m, its slopes are made of very hard and dense limestones of the Jurassic age. Not reaching 19 km to the sea, Mzymta crosses the Akhshtyr mountain range. The river flows through a narrow gorge called the Akhshtyr Gate. The lower course of the river begins behind this gorge. Its valley widens again, and the river takes on a flat character. The last 6 km of the Mzymta flows along a wide flat terrace made of river sediments. The river splits into sleeves and winds along the floodplain. The banks here are very unstable, easily eroded during floods and need to be strengthened.
Karst caves are one of the attractions of the Mzymta valley. The most famous is the Akhshtyr cave, located opposite the village of Akhshtyr, 15 km from Adler. It was formed under the influence groundwater on the right, steep, rocky bank of the Mzymta. The entrance to it is at an altitude of about 120 m above the level of the river. The cave is about 150 m long, up to 9 m wide and up to 10 m high in some places.
The Mzymta River is at least 50 km of a channel, banks and slopes torn apart by violent pre-Olympic construction: new road and railways to Krasnaya Polyana, Olympic buildings. The river's hydrological regime, which is already complex, is disturbed in a significant part of the catchment area.
New highway "Adler - Alpika-Service" - combined automobile and Railway Adler - Krasnaya Polyana, in fact, along the bed of the Mzymta River is absolutely dead-end, like the old Sochi-Krasnaya Polyana road, which runs a little further and higher from the Mzymta River.
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Built in the river bed whole complex artificial structures: 12 tunnels and dozens of bridges and flyovers.
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Mzymta - river in Krasnodar Territory... The length of the river is 89 km, its catchment area is 885 km². The most long river Russia from flowing directly into the Black Sea.
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From the Circassian languages "Mzymta" can be translated as "mad", or "without brakes."
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It originates on the southern slope of the Main Caucasian ridge at an altitude of 2980 m, in the upper reaches it flows from the high-mountainous lakes Maly Kardyvach and Kardyvach, lower on the river - the Emerald Waterfalls. In the middle course it breaks through the Aibga - Achishkho ridge, forming the Greek gorge, below it passes through the Akhtsu gorge, the Akhshtyr gorge.
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The river has a rough mountainous character almost along its entire length; during the snow melting season in the gorges, the water horizon sometimes rises up to 5 meters. It flows into the Black Sea near Adler, forming an extensive fan fan. The largest tributaries are Pslukh, Pudziko (Achipse), Chvizhepse, Laura, Tiha.
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In the Mzymta basin there are numerous mineral springs... In the middle course in the sheer cliffs on the right bank of the river in the Akhshtyrskaya cave - parking ancient man.
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The village of Krasnaya Polyana, the villages of Estosadok, Kazachy Brod and others are located on the river. The Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station is located on the river near the village of Krasnaya Polyana.
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I wonder during big water How in Krymsk this canal, set aside for the river, will be able to pass all the water?
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According to a number of environmental and other public organizations During construction, the river was seriously polluted, vegetation was massively destroyed on the surrounding slopes.
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The riverbed, squeezed into concrete, is practically invisible from the train window.
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The fact of significant pollution of the river was admitted by the minister natural resources RF Yu. Trutnev. It was noted that the construction does not take into account the turbulent nature of the river, as well as landslide and karst phenomena common in the Mzymta valley.
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Environmentalists drew attention to the work carried out without permits, as well as to the illegal fence of pebbles by the builders from the river bed.
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It was also mentioned that a number of hotels and guest houses built to receive vacationers in the upper reaches of the Mzymta drain wastewater into the river without purification that flow to the resort town of Adler. The river in Adler.
Mzymta(Mdzymta uby - "mad", Mdzymte kbd) - a river in the Krasnodar Territory. Length - 89 km, basin area - 885 km². The longest river in Russia from flowing into the Black Sea.
It originates on the southern slope of the Main Caucasian Range at an altitude of 2980 m, in the upper reaches it flows from the high-mountainous lakes Maly Kardyvach and Kardyvach, lower on the river - Emerald Waterfalls. In the middle course it breaks through the Aibga - Achishkho ridge, forming the Greek gorge, below it passes through the Akhtsu gorge, the Akhshtyr gorge.
The river has a rough mountainous character almost along its entire length; during the snow melting season in the gorges, the water horizon sometimes rises up to 5 meters. It flows into the Black Sea near Adler, forming an extensive fan fan. The largest tributaries are Pslukh, Pudziko (Achipse), Chvizhepse, Laura, Tikha http: //pvd-kuban.rf/index.php? Option = com_content & view = article & id = 60% 3A2011-05-04-16-14-35 & catid = 34 & Itemid = 76.
The river is fed mixed; spring-summer floods and rain floods are characteristic. Average annual water consumption - - about 50 m³ / s (the highest - 764 m³ / s).
There are numerous mineral springs in the Mzymta basin. In the middle course, in the steep rocks on the right bank of the river in the Akhshtyrskaya cave, there is an ancient man's camp.
Economic use
The village of Krasnaya Polyana, the villages of Esto-Sadok, Kazachy Brod, and others are located on the river. The Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station is located on the river near the village of Krasnaya Polyana. There is a large river trout farm.
Mzymta is popular with amateurs water sports especially rafting. The mountain slopes in the upper reaches of the river are popular with alpine skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts. In the channel and floodplain of the river in the 2000s, a massive construction of a combined road and railroad is carried out to transport participants from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana, which will connect the objects of the Winter Olympic Games 2014 year. According to a number of environmental and other public organizations, during the construction, the river was seriously polluted, and vegetation on the surrounding slopes was massively destroyed. The fact of significant pollution of the river was acknowledged by the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Yu. Trutnev. It was noted that the construction does not take into account the turbulent nature of the river, as well as landslide and karst phenomena common in the Mzymta valley. Environmentalists drew attention to the work carried out without permits, as well as to the illegal fence of pebbles by the builders from the river bed. It was also mentioned that a number of hotels and guest houses built to receive vacationers in the upper reaches of the Mzymta discharge wastewater into the river without purification // eco.rian.ru // novayagazeta.spb.ru // kprf.ru
In the future, it is planned to build the Krasnopolyanskaya HPP-2 on the river.
origin of name
The widespread dissemination of the version that the name of the river is translated as "mad" was facilitated by the handbook of Sochi guides "Paths of the Black Sea Mountain" (Yu. K. Efremov). On the first pages of the book, the author tells about his first trip to Krasnaya Polyana and the excursion on which the guide Cleopatra Vasilievna brought this "translation":
The lady was generous in translations, so she could be safely mistaken for an expert in Circassian languages. “Mzymta” she translated “mad”, “Aibga” - “beauty”, “Pseashkho” turned out to be “the prince of waters”. Even the name "Krasnaya Polyana" was announced as a translation from Circassian,
Then, already in the middle of the book, when Efremov tells how he himself became a guide from Krasnaya Polyana, he indignantly recalls that first excursion, where all the information turned out to be empty tales.
The most plausible version of the name Mzymta is from the name local residents Medozyuev. The name Medoveevka also originated from their name. "Meadosuis", in turn, can be translated as "people born in the snow."
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Mzymta river large river... The length is 89 (eighty nine) kilometers. This is the biggest water artery Russian Federation flowing into.
Place name Mzymta (Mdzimta, Midzimta, Mezyumta, Mizimta)
Mdvaa, abkhaz; Mdavai, Adyg - the Medozyui tribe that lived along the banks of the river. That, Adygo-Abkhaz. - valley, gorge. That is, Mzymta is the valley (of the tribe) of the Medozuis.
The left tributary of the upper reaches of the Mzymta, the Azmich river, if the decoding of the Azmich toponym is extended to the entire Mzymta river, then we get:
Mzi, ubykh - a child; chi, ubykh - a child. Those. Mzymta is a river valley born in the snow.
Dzi (dzi), abh. - a spring, a source. Those. Mzymta is a sunny valley.
Mzymta's food is mixed: rain and glacier. The Mzymta River is fed by 4 (four) glaciers on the southern slope of the Pseashkho ridge and 6 (six) glaciers on the northern slope of the Aibga ridge. The Mzymta is the only river in the Sochi Black Sea region that has high water during the period of active snow melting (spring-summer). The water level in the river can rise up to 5 (five) meters.
Lake Kardyvach - the source of the Mzymta
... Coming out of the lake, the stormy Mzymta is pacified and hides from human eyes. A whole kilometer of river water goes underground and appears on sunlight only during the period of active snow melting. Further in the river bed is the Emerald waterfall. In its run to the sea, Mzymta crosses 3 (three) powerful gorges - Grecheskoe (passes through the Southern side ridge), Akh-Tsu and Akhshtyrskoe. The Mzymta flows into the Black Sea near the village of Adler, forming a powerful fan.The valley of the Mzymta River is full of attractions. There are several weakly mineralized narzans, a group of mysterious dolmens, in the area of the Akhshtyr gorge there is an ancient man's camp. Ruins of Genoese fortresses are located in the villages of Monastyr and Esto-Sadok. Historical monuments have survived, indicating that the valley of the Mzymta River was in ancient times a very lively place where the Great silk road and caravans went to Byzantium.
Economic use
The Krasnopolyanskaya HPP is located in the bed of the Mzymta River, which supplies the village with electricity a and life support facilities: the city hospitals of Sochi, Adler and Khosta, as well as the Trout farm. Trout Farm is Sochi's leading institution specializing in river trout breeding. Here, 3 (three) varieties of trout, sturgeon and carp are grown in cages.
In 2013, a new road was put into operation, combined with a railway, with a length of 43 (forty three) kilometers, which connected the Olympic facilities of the mountain and coastal clusters.
In the middle course of the river, in the area of the village of Esto-Sadok, there are 3 (three) ski resort... The largest of them is Rosa Khutor in summer period positions itself as a tourist center. In the channel of the Mzymta, rafting is carried out. Rafting in the lower reaches of the river in the area of the Akhshtyr gorge is also very popular.
Before construction in the Mzymta floodplain of a new road, combined with the railway, the canyon of the Ah-Tsu gorge was used by kayakers for training swims.
Main tributaries:
- Kepsha river, 27 km
- Chvezhypse river, 31 km
- Monashka river, 40 km
- river Beshenka, 42 km
- river Laura, 50 km
- Pslukh river, 57 km
Technical reference
The code water body - 06030000312109100000790
Location - Black Sea
The length of the Mzymta River is 89 kilometers. It flows into the Black Sea
Drainage area - 885 km²
Belongs to the Kuban Basin District.
River basin - Black Sea rivers
Water management area - r eki of the Black Sea basin from the western border of the Shepsi river basin to the Psou (Russian border with Georgia)
The Mzymta River is at least 50 km of a channel, banks and slopes torn apart by violent pre-Olympic construction: new road and railways to Krasnaya Polyana, Olympic buildings. The river's hydrological regime, which is already complex, is disturbed in a significant part of the catchment area.
The new highway "Adler - Alpika-Service" - a combined road and railroad Adler - Krasnaya Polyana, in fact, along the Mzymta river bed is absolutely dead-end, like the old Sochi-Krasnaya Polyana road, which runs a little further and higher from the Mzymta river. 
A whole complex of artificial structures was built in the riverbed: 12 tunnels and several dozen bridges and flyovers. 
Mzymta is a river in the Krasnodar Territory. The length of the river is 89 km, its catchment area is 885 km². The longest river in Russia that flows directly into the Black Sea. 
From the Circassian languages "Mzymta" can be translated as "mad", or "without brakes." 
It originates on the southern slope of the Main Caucasian ridge at an altitude of 2980 m, in the upper reaches it flows from the high-mountainous lakes Maly Kardyvach and Kardyvach, lower on the river - the Emerald Waterfalls. In the middle course it breaks through the Aibga - Achishkho ridge, forming the Greek gorge, below it passes through the Akhtsu gorge, the Akhshtyr gorge. 
The river has a rough mountainous character almost along its entire length; during the snow melting season in the gorges, the water horizon sometimes rises up to 5 meters. It flows into the Black Sea near Adler, forming an extensive fan fan. The largest tributaries are Pslukh, Pudziko (Achipse), Chvizhepse, Laura, Tiha.
There are numerous mineral springs in the Mzymta basin. In the middle course, in the steep rocks on the right bank of the river in the Akhshtyrskaya cave, there is an ancient man's camp. 
The village of Krasnaya Polyana, the villages of Estosadok, Kazachy Brod and others are located on the river.
The Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station is located on the river near the village of Krasnaya Polyana. 
Interestingly, during high water, how in Krymsk this canal, set aside for the river, will be able to pass all the water? 
According to a number of environmental and other public organizations, during the construction, the river was seriously polluted, and vegetation on the surrounding slopes was massively destroyed. 
The riverbed, squeezed into concrete, is practically invisible from the train window. 
The fact of significant pollution of the river was acknowledged by the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Yu. Trutnev. It was noted that the construction does not take into account the turbulent nature of the river, as well as landslide and karst phenomena common in the Mzymta valley. 
Environmentalists drew attention to the work carried out without permits, as well as to the illegal fence of pebbles by the builders from the river bed. 
It was also mentioned that a number of hotels and guest houses built to receive vacationers in the upper reaches of the Mzymta drain wastewater into the river without purification that flow to the resort town of Adler.
The river in Adler. 