Stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, they are surrounded by 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 the Greater Caucasus in the north and the Lesser Caucasus in the south.

2024年12月2日 · Caucasus, mountains and region lying between the Black Sea (west) and the Caspian Sea (east) and occupied by Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the …

It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have conventionally been considered as a natural barrier between Europe and Asia, bisecting the Eurasian landmass. [5]

2021年9月22日 · The Caucasus Mountain range stretches for 1,200 km between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea at the intersection of Europe and Asia. The Caucasus region spans an area of 440,000 sq. km and extends southward from the lowlands of the Kuma and Manych river basins in western Russia to the northern frontiers of Turkey and Iran in the south.

Caucasus is a Mountain range between Europe and Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. The range consists of two smaller ranges: the Greater-Caucasus, which includes Elbrus, the highest mountain of Europe, and Lesser-Caucasus, which lies to the south.

Greater Caucasus, major range of the Caucasus Mountains, extending west-east for about 750 miles (1,200 km) from the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea to the Abşeron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea.

The Caucasus Mountains span an impressive area, stretching across parts of Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. This vast mountain system, which extends for over 1,200 kilometers (745 miles), forms a formidable barrier between the Black and Caspian Seas, serving as a natural divide between the continents of Europe and Asia.

The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia lying between the Black and the Caspian Seas in the Caucasus region. It occupies parts of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, drifting mainly from northwest to southeast. The Caucasus Mountains are made up of two separate ranges, the Greater Caucasus in the north and the Lesser ...

2014年1月1日 · The Caucasus Mountains are aligned west-northwest to east-southeast between 40–44°N and 40–49°E and span the borders of Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. They consist of two separate mountain systems: the Greater Caucasus extends for ∼1,300 km between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, while the Lesser Caucasus runs parallel but ...

2024年12月2日 · Southwestern and southeastern Ciscaucasia lie on the margins of a vast downfold in the Earth’s surface that arose later in the Alpine orogeny, producing, concurrently, broad subsidence on the lower courses of the Kuban and Terek rivers.