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Main Caucasian Range
Главный Кавказский хребет
კავკასიონის მთავარი წყალგამყოფი ქედი
Baş Qafqaz silsiləsi
View from the Chuchkhur Pass
Highest point
PeakShkhara
Elevation5,193 m (17,037 ft)
Coordinates43°00′02″N 43°06′44″E / 43.00056°N 43.11222°E / 43.00056; 43.11222
Dimensions
Length1,200 km (750 mi) ESE/WNW
Width180 km (110 mi) NNE/SSW
Geography
Main Caucasian Range is located in Caucasus mountains
Main Caucasian Range
Location in Russia
Main Caucasian Range is located in European Russia
Main Caucasian Range
Main Caucasian Range (European Russia)
CountryRussia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Federal subjectsAbkhazia, Adygea, Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan
Range coordinates42°36′N 43°50′E / 42.600°N 43.833°E / 42.600; 43.833
Parent rangeGreater Caucasus
Geology
Age of rockPaleozoic

The Main Caucasian Range[a] is a mountain range in the Russian Federation, Georgia and Azerbaijan. It is the dividing range of the Greater Caucasus.

The protected areas of the range are the Teberda Nature Reserve, Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.[1][2][3]


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  1. ^ UNESCO - Teberda Biosphere Reserve, Russian Federation
  2. ^ Кабардино-Балкарский заповедник Kabardina-Balkarskiy zapavyednik
  3. ^ Заповедник.ru

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