Explore Georgia’s Geography on an Adventure Cruise
Predominantly mountainous and strategically located, Georgia controls most of the routes through the northern Great Caucasus Mountains and the southern Lesser Caucasus Mountains. The Kolkhida Lowland borders the Black Sea in the west, Turkey and Armenia to the south, Russia to the north, and Azerbaijan along the eastern Mtkvari River Basin. The country boasts good soils in the river valley flood plains of the Kolkhida Lowland, at which point the country reaches its lowest altitude. A Georgia cruise allows easy exploration of the landscape: the spectacular terrain varies greatly in altitude, ranging from sea level along the 192 miles of Black Sea coastline and 17,064 ft at Mt. Shkhara’s peak. Comprised of roughly 26,911 sq. miles, this tiny country is slightly smaller than the state of South Carolina, with roughly one and a half million people settled in and around the capital city of Tbilisi.