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Caucasus Mountains

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Caucasus Mountains
A range from the north to the southeast in the Caucasus. Mount Elbrus, 5,645.6 m (18,510 ft), is the highest elevation.
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Noun1.Caucasus Mountains - the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and AsiaCaucasus Mountains - the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
Caucasia, Caucasus - a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource


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The team made their discovery high up in the Caucasus Mountains, where the ground remains covered in snow for much of the year.
On the eastern end of the Black Sea, and the southern side of the Caucasus mountains, the former Soviet republic is regarded as strategic both by the transatlantic alliance and by Moscow.
Geographers divide the two continents along a line formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, and Caucasus Mountains.
 
 
 
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