The
Çoruh River (,
ch'orokhi, ,
Akampsis Armenian "Ճորոխ"- (Tchorokh)) rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern
Turkey, flows through the cities of
Bayburt,
Ispir,
Yusufeli, and
Artvin, along the
Kelkit-Çoruh Fault, before flowing into
Georgia, where it reaches the
Black Sea just south of
Batumi and a few kilometers north of the Turkish-Georgian border.