Great Liakhvi

{{Short description|River in Georgia}}{{Refimprove|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Great Liakhvi

| name_native = {{native name|ka|ლიახვი}}

| image = Great Liakhvi from Gori Fortress.jpg

| image_caption = Great Liakhvi in Gori

| source1_location =

| mouth = Kura (Mtkvari)

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|41|58|23|N|44|06|29|E|region:GE_type:river|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Georgia (South Ossetia){{South Ossetia-note}}

| length_km = 115

| source1_elevation =

| mouth_elevation =

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size_km2 = 2311

| progression = {{RKura}}

| tributaries_left = Little Liakhvi

| tributaries_right =

}}

File:Liakhvi river basin on the Shida Kartli map.svg

The Great Liakhvi ({{Lang-ka|დიდი ლიახვი}} Didi Liakhvi {{IPA|ka|ˈd̪id̪i ˈliäχʷi|}}, {{Langx|os|Стыр Леуахи}}, Styr Lewakhi) is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the de facto independent region of South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (Mtkvari). It is {{convert|115|km|abbr=on}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|2311|km2|abbr=on}}.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article127951.html Большая Лиахви], Great Soviet Encyclopedia The cities of Tskhinvali and Gori lie along the banks of the Great Liakhvi. The river is mainly fed by the melting snows and glacier runoff of the Caucasus Mountains as well as by underground water sources. The Liakhvi reaches its highest water volume in the spring and summer while the lowest volume is recorded in the winter, when some segments of the river freeze over.

The Little Liakhvi is a left-bank tributary.