Kelasuri
river in Georgia
The Kelasuri or Kelasyri, also Kalashir (Georgian: კელასური [Kelasuri], Abkhaz: Kyalashәyr [Kyalashir]) is a river in Abkhazia, Georgia.
The source is located on the glacier Khimsa at Bzyb Range. Kelasuri begins at the merger of Kelasuri First and Kelasuri Second rivers.
The river flows along the administrative border of the Sukhumi and Gulripshi districts.
The river sources are glacial water and rain. Water consumption in early May is about 20 to 25 cubic metres per second (710 to 880 cu ft/s). A significant part of the river bed runs along the gorge. 5 km (3.1 mi) from the center Sukhumi and flows into the Black Sea. It is one of the largest rivers in Abkhazia.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kelasuri” as river in Georgia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as river in Georgia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3651561. Authority coordinates are 43.237, 41.196. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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