Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucasia (/kɔːˈkeɪʒə/), is a region spanning <a href="/facts/Eastern_Europe/f5CDGzNA">Eastern Europe</a> and <a href="/facts/Western_Asia/xXM15vIz">Western Asia</a>. It is situated between the <a href="/facts/Black_Sea/M0rLKvge">Black Sea</a> and the <a href="/facts/Caspian_Sea/Ymc08gkR">Caspian Sea</a>, comprising parts of <a href="/facts/Southern_Russia/xIMKQR0L">Southern Russia</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a>, <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a>, and <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a>. The <a href="/facts/Caucasus_Mountains/XwKHTVKe">Caucasus Mountains</a>, including the <a href="/facts/Greater_Caucasus/J4sx9sNr">Greater Caucasus</a> range, have conventionally been considered as a <a href="/facts/Boundaries_between_the_continents/ySWqVsR8">natural barrier</a> between <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a> and <a href="/facts/Asia/4IToYrrQ">Asia</a>, bisecting the <a href="/facts/Eurasia/KlLI9GDM">Eurasian</a> landmass.
<a href="/facts/Mount_Elbrus/nul1kWkB">Mount Elbrus</a>, Europe's highest mountain, is situated in the <a href="/facts/Western_Caucasus/LJDRnwrs">Western Caucasus</a> area of <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>. On the southern side, the <a href="/facts/Lesser_Caucasus/SXmPXso1">Lesser Caucasus</a> includes the <a href="/facts/Javakheti_Plateau/2tDWazdt">Javakheti Plateau</a> and the <a href="/facts/Armenian_highland/ySwNXG0X">Armenian highlands</a>.
The Caucasus is divided into the <a href="/facts/North_Caucasus/GpxBJatP">North Caucasus</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Caucasus/MQaTkhRJ">South Caucasus</a>, although the Western Caucasus also exists as a distinct geographic space within the North Caucasus. The Greater Caucasus mountain range in the north is mostly shared by Russia and Georgia as well as the northernmost parts of Azerbaijan. The Lesser Caucasus mountain range in the south is mostly located on the territory of southern Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
The region is known for its <a href="/facts/Languages_of_the_Caucasus/GXBJ449t">linguistic diversity</a>: aside from <a href="/facts/Indo-European_languages/L34TfgSr">Indo-European</a> and <a href="/facts/Turkic_languages/RXqsmfgh">Turkic</a> languages, the <a href="/facts/Kartvelian_languages/0SUb5BR9">Kartvelian</a>, <a href="/facts/Northwest_Caucasian/BYQjgreq">Northwest Caucasian</a>, and <a href="/facts/Northeast_Caucasian/yvgS9E0G">Northeast Caucasian</a> <a href="/facts/Language_family/IpJv9o5S">language families</a> are <a href="/facts/Indigenous_language/9wq76ErQ">indigenous</a> to the area.

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