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The Abasha ((グルジア語:აბაშა), ), also known as the Abashistskali (Georgian: აბაშისწყალი) or Abashatskari (Mingrelian: აბაშაწყარი) is a river in western Georgia, running for in the municipalities of Martvili and Abasha, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. Its catchment area is . == Geography == The Abasha river begins at the confluence of the mountain streams Rachkhitskali and Toba, near the village of Baldi, at above sea level, and meets the Tekhuri as its left tributary.〔 The Abasha forms a narrow canyon near the village of Gachedili (Gochkadili), where the Abasha hydroelectric power station was built in 1928. In July 2010, the Ilia State University expedition discovered footprints of the herbivorous dinosaurs as well as ammonites, brachiopods, and sea urchins dating from the Late Cretaceous (100.5–65.5 Ma).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iliauni.edu.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=36&info_id=3210 )〕 In October 2010, the Gachedili canyon was made a protected area by the government of Georgia. == Etymology and history == The legendary etymology of the hydronym "Abasha" is found in the 11th-century ''History of King Vakhtang Gorgasali'', part of the Georgian Chronicles, which, relating the story of the Arab invasion of 735, claims that the flooding river afflicted the "Abash" contingent of the invading army, being subsequently named Abasha after this event. Modern scholars see the hydronym as a compound of the male given name Aba and the adjectival suffix -''shi'' or, alternatively, the Persian-derived word, ''ab'' (آب, "water") plus the diminutive -''cha''. The Abasha traversed one of the principal districts of historical western Georgia. The important medieval church establishment of Chqondidi was located in the Abasha valley. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a southeastern district of the Principality of Mingrelia was sometimes referred to as Abasha after the river.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abasha (river)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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