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The Natural Remarkable Monuments Create by Geodinamical Processes (Basin Rioni, Georgia)



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Giorgi Dvalashvili, Liana Khandolishvili, Salome Tabatadze and Meri Gugeshashvili

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DOI:10.17265/2328-2193/2017.01.005

This interest, first of all, was a result of Georgia’s unique natural conditions with its mountainous sights or the sea, diverse herbs, animals, different traditions from people living in different corners of the country, agriculture and historical-architectural monuments. By the final stage of the Soviet Union Georgia had a well-developed tourist-resort infrastructure; there were tens of particularly important resorts centers and several hundreds of tourist headquarters. Hundreds of thousands of astonished foreigners or soviet tourists used to visit country every year. They had an opportunity to enjoy pleasantness of each natural area from subtropics of the Black Sea to glaciers of the Caucasus, from Kolkheti Valley to Alazani Valley, Darially Valley to Vardzia—all the tourist routes were filled of natural sights or historical monuments. In 2015 the faculty of Natural Sciences of Ivane Javakhishvili State University conducted a research—Research and Popularization of Natural Monuments of Endogenous Origin in River Rioni Basin EN/15/2015. During research it was revealed very interesting and unique naturally remarkable places, which have a great potential of consumption allowing regions to develop tourist potential. Within frames of the project it was possible to search unique forms of relief, visit and evaluate on spot; in case of necessity include specialists for conducting further ground researches. Recommendations were made to grant status of natural monument to these forms. Meetings were held with the local population in order to notify them importance of the objects within their region and reveal new and unknown places which can be studied in the future.

Caves, waterfalls, canyons, columns, lakes, vaucluse.