Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia
Coordinates
42 00 N, 43 30 E
Area
total: 69,700 sq km land: 69,700 sq km water: 0 sq km
Terrain
largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland