Sochi River

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Photograph of the Sochi River circa 1905-1915 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

The Sochi (Russian: Сочи [Soči]; Abkhaz: Шәача [Š°ača, /ʃʷaʨʰa/]; Adyghe: Шъачэ; Ubykh: Шьача) is a river in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Originating at Bolshaya Shura Mountain in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, it flows 47km southwest and enters the Black Sea at Sochi, itself named for the river and site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. It is the third longest river in Sochi after the Mzymta and the Shakhe.

View of Sochi River and Sochi from the west. Photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky circa 1905-1915

The Sochi River begins on the southern slopes of the 2250m Bolshaya Shura Mountain and flows toward the west-southwest through mountainous terrain and is joined by tributaries such as the Ushkho and the Ats along the way. About 15km before its end at Sochi proper, the Sochi River is joined by its main tributary, the Agva. Just beyond is site of scenic Orekhovka Falls on the Bezumenka River as it flows into the Sochi River at Nizhnaya-Orekhovka. The Sochi then turns southward and flows through the suburbs of Plastunka, Baranovka, and Navaginka before reaching the city centre of Sochi where it is contained by concrete embankments before it enters the Black Sea.

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