Eastern Caucasus

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Eastern Caucasus

the eastern part of the Greater Caucasus, extending from Mt. Kazbek to Mt. Il’khydag; it lies in Severnaia Osetiia, Checheno-Ingush, and Dagestan ASSR’s, as well as in the Georgian and Azerbaijan SSR’s.

The Eastern Caucasus includes the Vodorazdel’nyi Range and the Bokovoi Range (consisting of the Perikit-Alazanskii, Bogosskii, Nukatl’, and Samurskii ranges), as well as the Andiiskii, Salatau, and Gimrinskii ranges. The elevation extends to 3,500-4,000 m, with a maximum of 4,492 m (Mt. Tebulosmta); the greatest width is 160 km. The Eastern Caucasus is formed primarily of clay shales, sandstones, and limestones of the Lower and Middle Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Neocene periods. Predominant regions include mountain-meadow, mountain, meadow-steppe, steppe, and, for the most part on the southern slope, forest.

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No references found			it was in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan - outside the town of Gabala on the southern slopes of the eastern Caucasus Mountains - that the Soviet Union erected its own massive early-warning radar system. The Azeri Option by APS Diplomat News Service This fortress-like majestic maze of mountains is populated, alongside the Russians and Cossacks, by an array of small nations, such as the Abkhaz, Circassians, Balkars, Ossetians, the Ingush, Chechens, Kalmyks, and the welter of tribes and clans of Eastern Caucasus known collectively as Daghestan [literally--the Country of Mountains]. Chechnya: the achilles heel of Russia--part one by Rasizade, Alec / Contemporary Review Divorced Mike, a retired mechanical engineer from Llithfaen, North Wales, has more than 45 years experience of major climbing expeditions in Russia, Siberia, the Eastern Caucasus and the Alps. I thought I'd die. I was so relieved to see rescuers; GRANDAD TELLS ... by The Mirror (London, England)			eastbound Eastbourne Easter Easter Egg Easter Egg Roll Easter egging Easter Festival Easter Fires Easter Island Easter Island's statues Easter Monday Easter Rebellion Easter Rising Easter sepulcher Easter-egging easterly easterly wave eastern Eastern Air Lines, Inc. Eastern Alps Eastern American Subregion Eastern Asia Eastern Bantoid Languages Eastern Cape Eastern Carpathians Eastern Caucasus Eastern Church Eastern closet eastern crown Eastern Desert Eastern Empire eastern equine encephalitis Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty Eastern European Platform Eastern Ghats Eastern Hemisphere Eastern hemlock Eastern Highlands Eastern Ice Sheet Eastern Indian bronze Eastern method Eastern Michigan University Eastern Mountains Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Pacific Geosynclinal Belt Eastern Pact Eastern Plain Eastern Pomeranian Operation of 1945 Eastern Pontic Mountains Eastern Question			Eastern Caribbean Education Reform Project Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Company Eastern Caribbean Institute of Banking Eastern Caribbean Investment Promotion Service Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission Eastern Caribbean States Eastern Caribbean States Export Development Agency Eastern Carolina Case Management Eastern Carolina Council Eastern Carolina Emergency Physicians Eastern Carolina Hunting Retriever Club Eastern Carolina Internal Medicine Eastern Carolina Soccer Association Eastern Carolina Vocational Center, Inc. Eastern Caroline Islands Eastern Caroline Islands Eastern Carpathian Eastern Carpathian Eastern Carpathians Eastern Cashmere Association Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry Eastern Catholic Alliance of Schools for Excellence Eastern Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Catholicism Eastern Caucasus Eastern Center for Arts and Technology Eastern Center for Research in Astrophysics Eastern Central and Southern African Federation of Accountants Eastern Central Europe, Middle East, Africa Eastern Central Region Network Operations Center Eastern Central Texas Sub-Regional Planning Commission Eastern Centre for Radio Astrophysics Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre Eastern Championship Wrestling Eastern Chapter of the Society of Ontario Nut Growers Eastern Charlotte Regional School Eastern Cheer and Dance Association eastern chimpanzee Eastern Chinese Bible Conference, Inc. eastern chinquapin eastern chipmunk eastern chipmunk Eastern Chou Eastern Chou Eastern Chou Dynasty Eastern Chou Dynasty Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity Eastern Chukchi Summer Water Eastern Church Eastern Church Eastern closet Eastern Co-operative Health Organization

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