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	Caucasus - MSN Encarta
		Caucasus or Caucasia (Russian Kavkaz), mountainous region in extreme southeastern Europe and western Asia, occupying the isthmus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
		The average temperatures in the North Caucasus range from -5° to -2° C (23° to 28° F) in January, while the South Caucasus is milder, ranging from 1° to 6° C (34° to 43° F).
		The principal cities of the Caucasus are Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia; Yerevan, the capital of Armenia; Groznyy, the capital of Chechnya; Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan; and Vladikavkaz, the capital of Alania.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552079/Caucasus.html (1190 words)

	Caucasus Mountains information - Search.com
		The Greater Caucasus range extends from the Caucasian Natural Reserve in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, generally trending east-southeast and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian Sea.
		The northeastern regions (Dagestan) and the southern portions of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains are the driest.
		This is especially true for the Lesser Caucasus Mountains which are somewhat isolated from the moist influences coming in from the Black Sea and receive considerably less precipitation (in the form of snow) than the Greater Caucasus Mountains.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Caucasus_Mountains (1199 words)

	Caucasus Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain range between the Black and Caspian seas in the Caucasus region, usually considered the southeastern limit of Europe.
		The Greater and Lesser Caucasus ranges are connected by the Likh Range, which separates the Kolkhida Lowland from the Kura Depression ( Kura Lowland).
		Lesser Caucasus and Armenian Highland constitute the Transcaucasian Highland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caucasus_Mountains (187 words)

	caucasus mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		ja:カフカス山脈 pl:Kaukaz (pasmo górskie) The Caucasus mountain range (neither "mountains" nor "range" is normally appended) is part of the dividing line between Europe and Asia, stretching all the way across the region between the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.
		The Greater Caucasus range extends from the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, generally trending east-southeast and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.
		The peaks of the Greater Caucasus include Mount Elbrus, at 5,642 m the highest mountain in Europe.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /caucasus__mountains_.html (227 words)

	Caucasus (mountains) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain range between the Black and Caspian sea s, often considered the southeastern limit of Europe.
		Caucasus Foundation Publishing social, political, cultural and historical researches as well as news information on the Caucasus.
		Caucasus A set of articles on the society, history, politics and religion of the region.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Caucasus_(mountains).html (568 words)

	National Enviromental Action Plan - Azerbaijan
		The temperate climate dominates the mountain slopes of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus covered by forests and is divided into dry, warm dry, warm wet and cool zones.
		The high mountain ridges and the mountain peaks of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus are alpine and subalpine environments.
		In the Greater Caucasus the forests occupy 48.8 percent of the land, in the Lesser Caucasus 34.2 percent, in Talish mountains 14.5 percent, in the Kyur-Araz lowlands 2.5 percent, and in Nakhchivan 0.5 percent of the land area.
	eco.aznet.org /en.html (827 words)

	Ecosystem Profile: Caucasus
		Twenty-two of the 77 reptiles in the Caucasus are endemic to the region.
		The Lesser Caucasus Mountain Chain rises to the south of this depression, with broadleaf and coniferous forests and alpine meadows and shrublands.
		Forests in the Caucasus are highly diverse, consisting of broadleaf, dark coniferous, pine, arid open woodland and lowland forests, which are dispersed according to elevation, soil conditions and climate in the region.
	www.cepf.net /xp/cepf/where_we_work/caucasus/full_strategy.xml (17381 words)

	Caucasus Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain range betweenthe Black and Caspian seas, often considered the southeastern limit of Europe.
		The Greater Caucasus range extends from the vicinity of Sochi on thenortheastern shore of the Black Sea, generally trending east-southeast and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.
		The peaks of the Greater Caucasus include MountElbrus, at 5,642 m the highest mountain in Europe.
	www.therfcc.org /caucasus-mountains-27263.html (159 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: C :: Caucasus
		The region is bisected by the Caucasus Mountains ; the area north of the Greater Caucasus range is called Northern Caucasus (or Ciscaucasia) and the region to the south Transcaucasia.
		Northern Caucasus, part of Russia, includes the Adygeya Republic, Chechnya, the Dagestan Republic, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, the Karachaevo-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Territory, North Ossetia-Alania, Stavropol Territory, and parts of Kalmykia and the Rostov region.
		The Caucasus figured greatly in the legends of ancient Greece; Prometheus was chained on a Caucasian mountain, and Jason and his Argonauts sought the Golden Fleece at Colchis.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/c/caucasus.shtml (685 words)

	Active Tectonics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The present-day tectonics of the area are dominated by the motion of Arabian plate northward relative to the Eurasian plate.
		The Geological history of the Caucasus region is complex, and is described by several investigators.
		The initiation of continent-continent collision caused the folding and thrusting of the Greater Caucasus upwards and they are now the highest mountains in the western segment of the Alpine-Himalayan belt.
	www.ggs.org.ge /geolog-acttect.htm (478 words)

	Geography of Georgia
		Georgia lies mostly in the Caucasus Mountains, and its northern boundary is partly defined by the Greater Caucasus range.
		The Lesser Caucasus range, which runs parallel to the Turkish and Armenian borders, and the Surami and Imereti ranges, which connect the Greater Caucasus and the Lesser Caucasus, create natural barriers that are partly responsible for cultural and linguistic differences among regions.
		The Greater Caucasus range moderates local climate by serving as a barrier against cold air from the north.
	www.motherearthtravel.com /georgia/geography.htm (833 words)

	South Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term "South Asia" is often used synonymously with the term "Subcontinent", although technically 'South Asia' refers more specifically to a political entity (the various countries that make up the Subcontinent), while 'Indian subcontinent' signifies a geographical area.
		" Greater India ", a term that historians would use, intended simply to refer to India and its neighbours, is even more discredited.
		Geographically, the region is bound by the Himalaya to the north and east, and the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Asia (539 words)

	Contested Borders in the Caucasus : Chapter III
		The aim of this chapter is to examine Russia's post-Communist security interests and the thrust and pattern of her policies in the whole of the Caucasus region, embracing, as it were, both its northern and southern portions.
		The Caucasus, and especially Transcaucasia, became both a "buffer zone" and a battlefield between the predominantly Orthodox Christian empire in the north and the largely Muslim powers in the Middle East.
		The indigenous population is closely linked, both culturally and ethnically, to their brethren in the south of the Greater Caucasus and the predominantly Russian-populated plains.
	poli.vub.ac.be /publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0301.htm (4366 words)

	Caucasus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Caucasus
		At 5,642 m/18,510 ft, Elbrus (in the Greater Caucasus) is the highest peak in Europe.
		The four chief rivers in the Caucasus are the Kuban (flowing into the Sea of Azov), the Rioni (flowing to the Black Sea), the Terek and the Kura (flowing to the Caspian Sea).
		On the central ridge of the Caucasus, the snowline is at 3,250 m/10,663 ft. Glaciers are found throughout the range.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Caucasus (574 words)

	GoElbrus - Elbrus climb, heli-ski & trekking in Caucasus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Greater Caucasus is a complicated network of lower ranges, north and south of the Main Range.
		Almost all geographers are agreed that the Caucasus can be divided into three distinct sections, and this partition coincides roughly with the ethnographic and geological maps of the region.
		The West Caucasus, the lowest of the three, is composed of granite, gneiss and crystalline shales along its highest central spine, with parallel ranges to north and south of limestone, dolomite, argillaceous slates and sandstones.
	www.goelbrus.com /main/caucasus_note.php (841 words)

	Geography
		The state is crossed by the ranges of the greater Caucasus (highest peaks: Mt. Shkhara 5068m, Mt. Kazbek 5047m).
		The inter mountain depression to the south of the greater Caucasus encompasses the Kolkheti lowland, inner Kartli, lower Kartli and the Alazani plain.
		The greater Caucasus and the south Georgian upland join with the Likhi range, which at the same time divides Georgia into two contrasting climatic zones: western and eastern Georgia.
	www.caucasustravel.com /aboutgeorgia/countryprofile/geography.html (699 words)

	Inbound Tourizm, about Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan occupies the southeastern part of the Greater Caucasus range descending to the Caspian Sea at the stretch of 800 km.
		As the gateway to Central from the East Asia and lapped by the waters of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan history is dominated by the old trade routes of Eurasia - especially the Silk Road.
		Ancient cities and towns, palaces, mausoleums, churches and mosques, chapels, caravanserais and watchtowers are just some of the monuments which remain to fascinate visitors, warmly welcomed by the Azeri people whose reputation for hospitality is legendary.
	www.sputnik.in-baku.com /inbound/intour.shtml (519 words)

	CEO - Caucasus Environment Outlook
		Of these, 936 (from 1978-1,030 flows) were registered in the South Caucasus, and 194 the North Caucasus (Dangerous Hydro-meteorological Phenomena in the Caucasus, Leningrad, 1984).
		A catastrophic mudflow was formed in the Terek Gorge at the village Larsi (the North Caucasus).
		Mudflow on the river Sadon (Ardon basin, North Ossetia) in 1958 was one of the strongest in the Caucasus.
	www.grid.unep.ch /product/publication/CEO-for-Internet/CEO/ch2_9_2.htm (641 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Caucasus mixed forests (PA0408)
		The Caucasus Mixed Forests are located at a biogeographical crossroads where flora and fauna of at least three biogeographic provinces converge.
		Speciation level is high; accordingly, the Caucasus forests have one of the highest levels of endemism in the temperate world.
		The Caucasus ecoregion boundary was derived from the DMEER (2000) unit of the same name.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa0408_full.html (1178 words)

	Seismicity of Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The largest historical events were mainly connected with active faults of the Greater Caucasus (Alaverdi earthquake of 1742, Ms=6.8, I0=9, Lechkhumi-Svaneti large earthquake of 1350, Ms=7.0, I0 =9 etc.) and Javakheti plateau in the Lesser Caucasus (Tmogvi earthquake of 1088, Ms=6.5, I0=9, Akhalkalaki earthquake of 1899, Ms=6.3, I0 =8-9).
		The Racha earthquake that occurred on April 29, 1991, at 09:12:48.1 GMT in the southern border of Greater Caucasus is the biggest event ever recorded in the region.
		The main part of earthquakes which occurred on Greater Caucasus have reverse fault or thrust mechanisms, (all large earthquakes Ms>6.0 are among them) with nearly horizontal axes of north-south direction.
	www.ggs.org.ge /act-seismicity.htm (968 words)

	Severo-Osetinsky Zapovednik
		Vegetation is characterized by distinct vertical zonation according to elevation, ranging from broadleaf forests on the Pastbischny (Pasture) and Skalisty (Rocky) ranges to rock and scree vegetation and glaciers on the Bokovy (Side) and Greater Caucasus ranges.
		Severo-Osetinsky Zapovednik is situated in the eastern part of the central Greater Caucasus Range in the Alagir District of North Ossetia-Alania.
		“Severo-Osetinsky Zapovednik.” Zapovedniks of the USSR: Zapovedniks of the Caucasus.
	www.wild-russia.org /bioregion5/5-Severo-Osetinsky/5_savero.htm (2446 words)

	Caucasus Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Border guards have said they have had difficulty combating militants that have been crossing from Georgia and Azerbaijan over the North Caucasus mountains.
		Two Georgian climbers from a Georgian-Dutch expedition to climb the 4,710-meter Ushba mountain in Georgiaâs Caucasus Mountains have died.
		Giant hogweed is a 15-foot-tall member of the carrot family native to the Caucasus Mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
	www.wikiverse.org /caucasus-mountains (286 words)

	Western Caucasus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Western Caucasus includes that part of the Greater Caucasus that extends from the Marukhskiy pass to the west to Mt. Elbrus to the east.
		The mild climate due to the nearness of the Black Sea, which is only fifty kilometers away, and the easy access, have favoured the rise of tourist facilities, which are concentrated in Dombay and Uzuncol.
		Uzuncol region is a part of Western Caucasus is situated half way from Dombay to Elbrus.
	mountains.tos.ru /wcauc.htm (413 words)

	Azerbaijan - Physical Environment
		(The status of Nagorno-Karabakh was under negotiation in 1994.) Located in the region of the southern Caucasus Mountains, Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea to the east, Georgia and Russia to the north, Iran to the south, and Armenia to the southwest and west.
		To the northeast, bordering Russia's Dagestan Autonomous Republic, is the Greater Caucasus range; to the west, bordering Armenia, is the Lesser Caucasus range.
		Heaviest precipitation occurs in the highest elevations of the Caucasus and in the Lenkoran' Lowlands in the far southeast, where the yearly average exceeds 1,000 millimeters.
	www.countrystudies.us /azerbaijan/17.htm (894 words)

	Caucasus Mountains - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Cuisines of the Caucasus Mountains: Recipes, Drinks, and Lore from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia
		Species at risk: status and distribution of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in Turkey and the Caucasus Mountains.
		Allah's Mountains: Politics and War in the Russian Caucasus.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /caucasus_mountains.htm (228 words)

	State of the Environment - Georgia 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Caucasus are reflected sharply, inter mountain lowland.
		The north of the country is occupied by the Greater Caucasus chain (highest point - Mt. Shkhara, 5068 m), which includes the Great Caucasian Range (the main watershed) and Gagra, Bzipi, Kodori, Svaneti, Egrisi, Racha, Lomisi, Kartli and other ranges.
		The inter mountain depression to the south of the Greater Caucasus encompasses the Kolkheti lowland, Inner Kartli, Lower Kartli and the Alazani Plain.
	www.parliament.ge /GENERAL/GEOGRAPHY/geograph.htm (656 words)

	Kabardino-Balkaria -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		republic in southwestern Russia, on the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus range.
		In the south is the Greater Caucasus, the crest of which forms the boundary.
		Abkhaz, with about 90,000 speakers, is spoken in Abkhazia (the southern slopes of the western Greater Caucasus, Georgia).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=45276 (420 words)

	Elbrus, Mount -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The highest peak in the Caucasus and in Europe, it is an extinct volcano with twin cones reaching 18,510 ft (5,642 m) and 18,356 ft (5,595 m) high.
		The Greater Caucasus range extends for approximately 750 miles (1,200 km) southeastward across the Caucasian isthmus from the Taman Peninsula, which separates the Black Sea from the Sea of Azov, to the Abseron Peninsula, which juts into the Caspian Sea east of the oil-rich port of Baku, Azerbaijan.
		It rises from glaciers on Mount Elbrus in the Greater Caucasus and flows north through narrow gorges, with many rapids, to the Stavropol Upland, where it turns westward in a broad, marshy floodplain to enter the Sea of Azov.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article?eu=388822&query=elbrus&ct= (960 words)

	MBG: Photo Essays: Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species from the Republic of Georgia
		The Republic of Georgia is one of six countries that are home to the Caucasus Mountains; the Greater Caucasus extend through the northern parts of Georgia and the Lesser Caucasus, through the southern regions of the country.
		Conservation International recently designated the Caucasus as one of its 25 global " biodiversity hotspots " because of the area's exceptional number of endemic species (those found nowhere else) and the high degree of threat to those species.
		The number of endemic vascular plant species in the Caucasus approaches 1600 (0.5% of the world's 300,000 plant species) and only ten percent of the region's natural vegetation remains¹.
	www.mobot.org /mobot/photoessays/intro.asp?fldrloc=georgia (387 words)

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