Lesser Caucasus

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geographical region mountain range

The Lesser Caucasus is a mountain range in the South Caucasus region, stretching across parts of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan and forming a major highland system south of the Greater Caucasus.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Lesser Caucasus canonical	31
Lesser Caucasus Mountains	6
Greater Caucasus Mountains	2
Adjara mountains	1
Azerbaijani section of the Lesser Caucasus	1
Caucasus Mountains foothills	1
Lesser Caucasus mountain system	1
Lesser Caucasus mountains	1
Lesser Caucasus region	1
Meskheti Range	1
South Caucasus highlands	1
Transcaucasian mountain systems	1
major highland system south of the Greater Caucasus	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
alternativeName	South Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Anti-Caucasus Lesser Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains
borderRegion	Iran ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
climate	continental climate ⓘ mountain climate ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Georgia ⓘ
countryOfHighestPoint	Armenia ⓘ
drainageBasin	Aras River basin ⓘ Kura River basin ⓘ
extendsFrom	near Black Sea region ⓘ
extendsTo	near Caspian Sea region ⓘ
forms	Lesser Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: major highland system south of the Greater Caucasus
geologicalOrigin	Alpine orogeny ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance	forms part of the natural boundary between Eastern Europe and Western Asia ⓘ
hasFeature	deep river gorges ⓘ glacial landforms ⓘ volcanic plateaus ⓘ
hasSubrange	Armenian Highlands ⓘ Javakheti Range ⓘ Zangezur Mountains ⓘ surface form: Karabakh Range Javakheti Range ⓘ surface form: Meskheti Range Murovdag Range ⓘ Somkheti Range ⓘ Trialeti Range ⓘ Zangezur Mountains ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Aragats ⓘ
importance	major orographic barrier in the South Caucasus ⓘ
locatedIn	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Georgia ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ
mountainSystemType	folded mountains ⓘ
orogeny	Alpine orogeny ⓘ
partOf	Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ surface form: Alpide belt Caucasus region ⓘ
region	South Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Transcaucasia
relativeLocation	south of the Greater Caucasus ⓘ
separatedFrom	Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Greater Caucasus
tectonicSetting	collision zone of Arabian and Eurasian plates ⓘ
vegetation	alpine meadows ⓘ steppe vegetation ⓘ subalpine forests ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Caucasus → hasPart → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Racha-Lechkhumi → locatedIn → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Caucasus Mountains

Svans → traditionalHabitat → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Caucasus Mountains

Adjara → mountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Lesser Caucasus → forms → Lesser Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: major highland system south of the Greater Caucasus

Lesser Caucasus → alternativeName → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains

South Caucasus → containsMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Georgia → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Armenian Highlands → mountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Ijevan → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Eastern Georgia → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

western Georgia → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Georgia

Vanadzor → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Mtirala National Park (nearby influence region) → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

subject surface form: Mtirala National Park

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains

Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park → locatedIn → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Somkheti Range → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Somkheti Range → mountainSystem → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus mountain system

Somkheti Range → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Caucasus highlands

Keda → locatedIn → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains

Goderdzi Pass → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Goderdzi Pass → scenicViewOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adjara mountains

Khulo → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Borjomi → locatedIn → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Trialeti Range → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Zangezur Mountains → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transcaucasian mountain systems

Murovdag Range → locatedIn → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Murovdag Range → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Azerbaijani section of the Lesser Caucasus

Gremi → locatedNear → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains foothills

Abastumani → hasViewOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskheti Range

Gegham Mountains → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Stepanakert → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Tsalka → nearMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Republic of Georgia → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Tavush Province → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Dilijan National Park → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains

Noyemberyan → locatedInValleyOrRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains

Dilijan → region → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Kur River → sourceMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Lori Province → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Georgia (to the north of Lori Province) → hasMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Kirovakan → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Karabakh region (broad sense) → borderedBy → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains

Bakhmaro → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Mount Mtirala → isPartOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus region

Ganja River → near → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Caucasus mountains

Georgian highlands → partOf → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Qubadli District → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Khankendi → locatedInMountainRangeRegion → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ

Caucasus borderland → hasGeographicalFeature → Lesser Caucasus ⓘ