Armenian Highlands

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geographical region historical region plateau

The Armenian Highlands is a mountainous plateau region in Western Asia, historically regarded as the homeland and cultural heartland of the Armenian people.

Aliases (7)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → historical region → plateau →
ancientRegionIncludes	Armenia Major → Sophene → Tayk → Urartu → Vaspurakan →
archaeologicalCulture	Kura–Araxes culture → Trialeti-Vanadzor culture →
averageElevation	1500–2000 m →
borderedBy	Caucasus Mountains → Mesopotamian lowlands → Pontic Mountains → Zagros Mountains →
climate	continental climate → mountain climate →
contains	Lake Sevan → Lake Urmia → Lake Van →
continent	Asia →
countryToday	Armenia → Azerbaijan → Georgia → Iran → Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic → Turkey →
culturalHeartlandOf	Armenians →
drainageBasin	Aras River → Euphrates River → Kura River → Tigris River →
highestPoint	Mount Ararat →
highestPointElevation	5137 m →
historicalHomelandOf	Armenians →
historicalName	Armenia → Armenian Plateau → Highland Armenia →
languageRegionFor	Armenian language →
locatedIn	Eastern Anatolia → Transcaucasia → Upper Mesopotamia → Western Asia →
mountainRange	Gegham Mountains → Lesser Caucasus → Mount Aragats → Mount Ararat → Zangezur Mountains →
partOf	Alpide belt → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt →
religiousSignificanceFor	Armenian Apostolic Church →
symbolicMountain	Mount Ararat →
volcanicFeature	extinct volcanoes → volcanic plateau →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armenia → Erzurum ("Erzurum Plateau") → Lake Sevan ("Armenian Highland") → Shusha uezd ("Karabakh plateau") →	locatedOn
Armenian Highlands ("Armenian Plateau") → Armenian Highlands ("Highland Armenia") →	historicalName
Eastern Turkey → Kingdom of Urartu →	locatedIn
South Caucasus →	containsMountainRange
Anatolia →	easternBoundary
Lesser Caucasus →	hasSubrange
Mount Ararat →	highestPointOf
Eastern Turkey →	historicalRegion
Armenians →	nativeTo
Bagratid Armenia →	partOf
Flag of Armenia →	symbolismColorRed
Erivan Governorate ("western Armenia") →	todayPartOf
Armenians ("Eastern Anatolia") →	traditionalHomelandRegion