the Caucasus region and are home to Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) above sea level. The Caucasus Mountains include...
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Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain, is situated in the Western Caucasus area of Russia. On the southern side, the Lesser Caucasus includes the Javakheti...
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The South Caucasus and the North Caucasus together comprise the larger Caucasus geographical region that divides Eurasia. The South Caucasus spans the...
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The Greater Caucasus is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains. It stretches for about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast...
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The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a region in Europe governed by Russia. It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which forms...
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accomplished warriors and horseback riders. Mountain Jews are distinct from Georgian Jews of the Caucasus Mountains. The two groups are culturally differentiated:...
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The Lesser Caucasus or Lesser Caucasus Mountains, also called Caucasus Minor, is the second of the two main ranges of the Caucasus Mountains, of length...
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specifically as "Caucasus Indicus" (Ancient Greek: Καύκασος Ινδικός) in parallel to their Western equivalent, the Caucasus Mountains between Europe and...
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Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC), also referred to as the United Republics of the North Caucasus, Mountain Republic, or the Republic of the...
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as Assembly of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus) was a militarised political organisation in the North Caucasus, active around the time of before the collapse...
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languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Linguistic comparison...
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Caucasian Shepherd Dog (redirect from Caucasian Mountain Dog)
the Caucasus region, notably Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Dagestan. It was bred in the Soviet Union from about 1920 from dogs of the Caucasus Mountains...
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The peoples of the Caucasus, or Caucasians, are a diverse group comprising more than 50 ethnic groups throughout the Caucasus. Caucasians who speak languages...
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Derbent (redirect from Albanopolis (Caucasus))
strip of land in the North Caucasus between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains is strategic in the entire Caucasus region. Historically, this...
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Mount Elbrus (redirect from Elbrus Mountain)
western extension of Ciscaucasia, and is the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains. Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes...
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ecoregions in Azerbaijan: the Caucasus mixed forests of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, and the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed...
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incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at...
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Geography of Russia (section Caucasus Mountains)
Russia's mountain ranges are located principally along its continental dip (the Ural Mountains), along the southwestern border (the Caucasus), along the...
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Mountains, Afghanistan, (primarily in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan), (Karakoram, Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, the Caucasus Mountains within...
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Kura (river) (redirect from Kar River (Caucasus))
the Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus Mountains, and the major tributary, the Aras, drains most of the southern Caucasus and the mountain ranges of the...
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Georgia (country) (redirect from Georgia (Caucasus))
200 km (124 mi) along the Main Caucasus Range) is dominated by numerous glaciers. The term Lesser Caucasus Mountains is often used to describe the mountainous...
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the east of the Turkish straits, the Ural Mountains and Ural River, and to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black seas, separating...
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Caucasus Military District (1865–1917) Caucasus Mountains, a mountain range in the region Greater Caucasus, the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains...
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Geography of Azerbaijan (redirect from Mountains in Azerbaijan)
as territory of Azerbaijan. Located in the region of the southern Caucasus Mountains, Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea to the east, Georgia and Russia...
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belt) Caucasus Mountains – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Greater Caucasus – 1,200 km (750 mi) Lesser Caucasus – 600 km...
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The Caucasus mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Caucasus Mountains, as well as the adjacent Lesser Caucasus range...
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List of European ultra-prominent peaks (category Lists of mountains by prominence)
a strictly European mountain and peak. The boundary between Asia and Europe is following the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, also forming most of...
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stone and concrete structure overlooking the Devil's Valley in the Caucasus Mountains. Inside the monument is a large tile mural that spans the whole circumference...
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species of the genus Ursus from the Pleistocene epoch. It lived in the Caucasus Mountains. Cave bear Brown bear Ursus kanivetz Baryshnikov, Gennady; Gimranov...
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Case Blue (section Army Group A: Caucasus)
the capture of the Caucasus region for Army Group South. The main focus was to be the capture of the Caucasus region. The Caucasus, a large, culturally...
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