The Çoruh River (Turkish:Çoruh, Georgian:ჭოროხი ch'orokhi, Greek:Άκαμψις, 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.