The Kintrishi State Nature Reserve or the Kintrishi Protected Areas is a nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

 in Kobuleti District

Kobuleti District

Kobuleti is a district of Georgia, in the autonomous republic of Adjara. Its main town is Kobuleti.Population: 88,063 Area: 720 km²- External links :* , Statoids.com...

, Adjara

Adjara

Adjara , officially the Autonomous Republic of Adjara , is an autonomous republic of Georgia.Adjara is located in the southwestern corner of Georgia, bordered by Turkey to the south and the eastern end of the Black Sea...

, Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, located at the gorge of the Kintrishi River and was established in 1959 to preserve its unique flora and fauna and famous Kolkh willow trees. Aarcheological excavations revealed even older pre-Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 monuments in the areas.

The Kintrishi State Nature Reserve covers 18893 hectare

Hectare

The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

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External links

• The Kintrishi Protected Areas, Agency of Protected Areas.