Gegham Mountains

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The Gegham Mountains are a volcanic mountain range in central Armenia known for their high plateaus, extinct volcanoes, and numerous petroglyphs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gegham Mountains canonical 3
Sevan Mountain Range 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
volcanic field
climate continental
continent Asia
country Armenia
drainageTo Kura–Aras basin
surface form: Aras River basin

Lake Sevan
elevation 3597 m
fauna Armenian mouflon
various raptors
flora alpine meadows
subalpine grasslands
geologicalAge Quaternary
geologicalOrigin volcanic
hasArchaeologicalSiteType petroglyph fields
rock carvings
hasFeature crater lakes
extinct volcanoes
high plateaus
lava domes
petroglyphs
volcanic cones
hasPeak Zahhak
surface form: Azhdahak

Seghanasar
Spitakasar
highestPoint Zahhak
surface form: Azhdahak
lastEruptionPeriod Holocene
locatedIn central Armenia
locatedNear Lake Sevan
Mount Ararat
partOf Armenian Highlands
Lesser Caucasus
petroglyphMotifs animals
astral symbols
hunting scenes
petroglyphPeriod 2nd millennium BCE
region Ararat Province
Gegharkunik Province
Kotayk Province
rockType andesite
basalt
trachyandesite
separates Ararat plain
surface form: Ararat Plain

Lake Sevan basin
usedFor ecotourism
hiking
summer pastures
volcanicType basaltic-andesitic

Referenced by (4)

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Armenian Highlands mountainRange Gegham Mountains
Gegharkunik Province namedAfter Gegham Mountains
Gegharkunik Province contains Gegham Mountains
Gegharkunik Province contains Gegham Mountains
this entity surface form: Sevan Mountain Range