Caucasus

E2583

mountainous region region

The Caucasus is a strategically vital mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas, historically contested by empires and known as a major crossroads of Europe and Asia.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Caucasus canonical	526
Caucasus Mountains	91
Caucasus region	31
Greater Caucasus	11
the Caucasus	5
Caucasus mountain system	2
South Caucasus	2
Transcaucasia	2
Кавказ	2
Caucasia	1
Caucasus Mountains passes	1
Caucasus Mountains region	1
Caucasus Mountains system	1
Caucasus Range	1
Caucasus peaks	1
CaucasusMountains	1
Greater Caucasus mountain range	1
Greater Caucasus orogenic system	1
Greater Caucasus region (broad sense)	1
კავკასია	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountainous region ⓘ region ⓘ
borderedBy	Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Iran ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
containsSubregion	North Caucasus ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ
continentPartOf	Eurasia ⓘ
crossedBy	Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Mountains
geologyType	orogenic belt ⓘ
hasClimate	varied climate ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Elbrus ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Azerbaijan ⓘ surface form: Baku Grozny ⓘ Tbilisi ⓘ Vladikavkaz ⓘ Erivan Governorate ⓘ surface form: Yerevan
hasMajorEthnicGroup	Armenians ⓘ Azerbaijanis ⓘ Chechens ⓘ Abkhazians ⓘ surface form: Circassians Georgians ⓘ Ossetians ⓘ
hasMajorReligion	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	minerals ⓘ natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ
hasPart	Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greater Caucasus Lesser Caucasus ⓘ
highestPointElevation	5642 metres ⓘ
historicallyContestedBy	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
knownFor	being a crossroads of Europe and Asia ⓘ ethnic diversity ⓘ linguistic diversity ⓘ strategic importance ⓘ
locatedBetween	Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
modernStatesInRegion	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Russia ⓘ
traversedBy	Silk Road routes ⓘ

Referenced by (683)

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

Eastern Front → location → Caucasus ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → geographicCenter → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe → regionServed → Caucasus ⓘ

Tiflis Governorate → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Caucasus

Tiflis Governorate → locatedOn → Caucasus ⓘ

Tiflis Governorate → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transcaucasia

Tiflis Governorate → historicalRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Georgians → region → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Caucasus

Georgians → region → Caucasus ⓘ

Russian Civil War → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Tiflis Spiritual Seminary → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

Tiflis Spiritual Seminary → regionServed → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transcaucasia

Caucasus → hasPart → Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Caucasus

Caucasus → crossedBy → Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Prometheus → locationOfPunishment → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Case Blue → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Persian language → region → Caucasus ⓘ

Cyrillic script → usedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Crimean War → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Mount Elbrus → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Mount Elbrus → isPartOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Mount Elbrus → isHighestPointOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Russian Empire → territoryIncludes → Caucasus ⓘ

Kurds → diaspora → Caucasus ⓘ

Caucasus Viceroyalty → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

Caucasus Viceroyalty → appliesToJurisdiction → Caucasus ⓘ

Khinkali → popularIn → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Azerbaijanis → region → Caucasus ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → expandedTo → Caucasus ⓘ

Eurasian Plate → formsFeature → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Judeo-Tat → region → Caucasus ⓘ

Eurasia → hasConventionalBoundaryBetweenParts → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Russia → hasMountainRange → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Russo-Georgian War 2008 → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

Kartvelian languages → region → Caucasus ⓘ

Georgian script → originRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Khachapuri → isPopularIn → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Svans → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

Gurians → culturalSphere → Caucasus ⓘ

Khorumi → regionOfPopularity → Caucasus ⓘ

European Russia → borderDefinedBy → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Armenia → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Slavic languages → areSpokenIn → Caucasus ⓘ

Qırmızı Qəsəbə → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Operation Blue → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Islamic world → hasRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Judeo-Persian → spokenIn → Caucasus ⓘ

Mtkvari River → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Gorskie Yevrei → countryOfOrigin → Caucasus ⓘ

Adjarians → locatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ