Iori (river)

The Iori (Georgian: იორი, Azerbaijani: Qabırrı) is a river in the South Caucasus that originates in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in eastern Georgia and flows south into Azerbaijan, where it is also known as Gabirry (Qabirry). The river eventually flows into the Mingachevir reservoir, which is drained by the Kura. It is 320 km (200 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,650 km² (1,800 sq mi).^[1][2] It starts in the mountains northeast of Tianeti, flows through that town, swings east and flows through the lowlands parallel to and between the Alazani (north) and the Kura (south).

Iori
The Iori in Tianeti.
Native name	იორი (Georgian) Qabırrı (Azerbaijani)
Location
Country	Georgia, Azerbaijan
Physical characteristics
Source	Greater Caucasus
Mouth	Mingachevir reservoir
Length	320 km (200 mi)

In Antiquity, the river was known as the Cambyses river.^[3] This ancient name of the river was also lent to the ancient region of Cambysene.^[3]

References

1. Statistical Yearbook of Georgia: 2020, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2020, p. 12.
2. Иори, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
3. Chaumont, Marie Louise (1990). "CAMBYSENE". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/7: Calendars II–Cappadocia. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-71009-130-7.