Greater Caucasus

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The Greater Caucasus is a major mountain range in Eurasia stretching between the Black and Caspian Seas, forming part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.

All labels observed (33)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
borders North Caucasus ⓘ
Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus
climate varies from humid on western slopes to more continental in the east ⓘ
contains Central Caucasus ⓘ
Eastern Caucasus ⓘ
Western Caucasus ⓘ
continent Eurasia ⓘ
countryOfHighestPoint Russia ⓘ
culturalSignificance traditional boundary between Slavic north and Transcaucasian south ⓘ
drainageTo Black Sea basin ⓘ
Caspian Sea basin ⓘ
extendsFrom Black Sea ⓘ
extendsTo Caspian Sea ⓘ
feature deep river gorges ⓘ
glaciated peaks ⓘ
high mountain passes ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Europe and Asia ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geology folded mountain belt ⓘ
hasEcosystem alpine meadows ⓘ
subalpine forests ⓘ
hasLanguageDiversity numerous indigenous Caucasian languages ⓘ
hasMajorPass Darial Pass ⓘ
Mamison Pass ⓘ
Roki Tunnel area ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Elbrus ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
locatedIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Caucasus region ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
orogeny Alpine orogeny ⓘ
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus
passesThrough Chechnya ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ
Ingushetia ⓘ
Kabardino-Balkaria ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
Krasnodar Krai ⓘ
North Ossetia–Alania ⓘ
linked to: North Ossetia
relativeLocation north of Lesser Caucasus ⓘ
north of Transcaucasian Depression ⓘ
separates Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (210)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ambrolauri → nearMountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Tsageri → hasNearbyMountainousArea → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Akhmeta → locatedNear → Greater Caucasus foothills ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Akhmeta → locatedInMountainSystem → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Ingush → traditionalTerritory → Ingushetia highlands ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Upper Svaneti → partOf → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Ushguli → viewOf → Greater Caucasus range ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Ushguli
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Tetnuldi ski resort → partOf → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Terek River → sourceLocation → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Kazbegi Municipality → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Georgian Military Highway → passesThrough → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Mount Kazbek → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Mount Kazbek → mountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Eastern Caucasus → borderedBy → Western Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Egrisi Range → partOf → Greater Caucasus orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Mtiuleti → partOf → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Stepantsminda → locatedInMountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Mount Ushba → partOf → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Dusheti → locatedInMountainRange → Greater Caucasus region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Khevsureti → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Tskhinvali → nearMountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Mount Tetnuldi → locatedInMountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Mount Tetnuldi → partOf → Central Greater Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Mount Tetnuldi → belongsTo → Greater Caucasus watershed ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Khevi → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Ossetia → mountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Republic of Dagestan → mountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
subject linked to: Russian Federation (Dagestan)
Sighnaghi → hasViewOf → Greater Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Mount Tebulosmta → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Mount Tebulosmta → partOf → Greater Caucasus Range ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Mount Tebulosmta → mountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Shkhara → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Shkhara → locatedIn → Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Shkhara → mountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Shkhara → belongsTo → Greater Caucasus watershed ridge ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Gombori Range → partOf → Greater Caucasus foothills ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Gombori Range → locatedNear → Greater Caucasus Range ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Quba Uyezd → terrainFeature → Greater Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Zaqatala District → locatedInMountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Balakan District → locatedInMountainRange → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Balakan District → hasGeographicalFeature → foothills of the Greater Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Kvareli Lake → near → Greater Caucasus foothills ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Yessentuki → hasNearbyMountainRegion → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Sulak River → locatedIn → Dagestan Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Dykh-Tau → locatedIn → Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Dykh-Tau → locatedIn → Greater Caucasus ⓘ
Dykh-Tau → partOf → Caucasus range ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Dykh-Tau → mountainRange → Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
Samur River → sourceLocation → Greater Caucasus ⓘ