It rises from the inclines of Mescid Mountain (3239m) in the north of Erzurum and Kars plateaus,joning with Masat a nd Kop streams,flows to the west in waterfalls,and pours in Karadeniz in Batum.
When he had seen river of çoruh,Evliya çelebi had called it ‘’cui ruh’’ in the meaning the river of spirit’’ or ‘’the river of soul’’.The river of çoruh,being very enthusiastic,inspiring the poets,making any apart,is always a young and a dynamic river.