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Greater Caucasus

mountain range in the Caucasus region

AI overview

The Greater Caucasus is a major mountain range located in the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia. It matters because it forms a significant geographical and cultural boundary that influences the climate, populations, and geopolitics of the surrounding areas.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mountain range
Part of: Caucasus
Country: Soviet Union
Elevation: 5642
Highest point: Mount Elbrus
Image: Карачаево-Черкесия, Архыз, Вершины Пшиш и Аманауз.jpg
Length: 1200

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Commons category: Greater Caucasus
topic's main category: Category:Greater Caucasus
mountain range: Caucasus Mountains
has boundary: Lesser Caucasus

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Encyclopedic overview

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, from the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greater Caucasus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.