Artsivi Gorge Natural Monument
Artsivi (Eagle) Gorge Natural Monument (Georgian: არწივის ხეობა) consists of two sites: limestone rock canyon and nearby forested area, where in the 5th century Khornabuji fortress was built. Sites are located in Dedoplistsqaro Municipality, Georgia and incorporated in Vashlovani Protected Areas.[1]
Eagle gorge is located 2 km from the city of Dedoplistsqaro on the limestone rock massive. Here is the only local endemic species of Georgia - Campanula kachetica, rare species of Globularia trichosantha, Galium pedemontanum and rare oriental thuja (Biota orientalis), which is not available in any other corner of Georgia. Eagle gorge is also distinguished by more than sixty varieties birds, including nesting rare species of birds - black stork and Griffon vulture. Eagle canyon is an ideal place for birdwatching.[2]
See also
- List of natural monuments of Georgia
- Khornabuji Castle
References
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- Borjomi-Kharagauli
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- Kazbegi
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- Kolkheti
- Machakhela
- Mtirala
- Pshav-Khevsureti
- Tbilisi
- Tusheti
- Vashlovani
- Abano Mineral Lake
- Alazani Floodplain Forests
- Artsivi (Eagle) Gorge
- Balda Canyon
- Bgheri Cave
- Birtvisi
- Bodorna Rock Columns
- Dashbashi Canyon
- Didghele Cave
- Gabzaruli Tba
- Ghliana Cave
- Gachedili Canyon
- Goderdzi Petrified Forest
- Iazoni Cave
- Jortsku Cave
- Jvari Pass Travertine
- Keterisi Mineral Vaucluse
- Khomuli Cave
- Melouri Cave
- Motena Cave
- Mukhura Waterfall
- Nagarevi Cave
- Navenakhevi Cave
- Nazodelavo Cave
- Ochkhomuri Waterfall
- Kinchkha Waterfall
- Okatse Canyon
- Oniore Waterfall and Toba First Cave
- Prometheus Cave
- Abasha Waterfall
- Sakajia Cave
- Sakhizari Cliff
- Samshvilde Canyon
- Satsurblia Cave
- Solkota Cave
- Takhti-Tepha
- Tetra Cave
- Toba Waterfall and Arsen Okrojanashvili Cave
- Truso Travertines
- Tskaltsitela Gorge
- Tsutskhvati Cave
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