Mulkhra

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| name = Mulkhra

| native_name ={{native name|ka|მულხრა}}

| name_other = Mulkhura

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| subdivision_name1 = Georgia

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| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = Caucasus

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| length = {{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| source1 = Lesser Caucasus

| source1_location = Georgia

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| mouth = Enguri

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The Mulkhra or Mulkhura ({{lang-ka|მულხრა, მულხურა}}) is a river in Mestia Municipality, Georgia, right tributary of the Enguri. It is located in the region Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, in the northwestern part of the country, {{convert|230|km|abbr=on}} northwest of the capital Tbilisi.

Length {{convert|27|km|abbr=on}}, basin area {{convert|435|km2|abbr=on}}. It originates on the southern slope of the Svaneti Caucasus main ridge, on the Tviberi Glacier and joins the Enguri River near the village Kvanchianari. Mulkhura feeds on glaciers, snow, rain and groundwater.Levan Tielidze, Roman Kumlaze, Lasha Asanidze [https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-the-glaciers-in-the-Mulkhura-River-basin-according-to-the-exposition_fig3_275648054 Glaciers Reduction and Climate Change Impact over the Last One Century in the Mulkhura River Basin, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia] International Journal of Geosciences, 2015, 6, 465-472 Floods are known from April to October, and water shortages - from October to April, from late November to late March - on the ice and in Toshi. The average annual flow at the confluence is {{convert|22.5|m3/s|abbr=on}}.

[{{Geonameslink | gnid = 612856 | name = mulkhura}} Mulkhura] at Geonames.org entry updated 2012-01-17

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{{Rivers of Georgia}}

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Category:Rivers of Georgia (country)

Category:Geography of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti