Armenian Highlands

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
plateau
ancientRegionIncludes Armenian Oblast
surface form: Armenia Major

Sophene
Tayk
Kingdom of Urartu
surface form: Urartu

Vaspurakan
archaeologicalCulture Kura–Araxes culture
Trialeti-Vanadzor culture
averageElevation 1500–2000 m
borderedBy Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Mesopotamia
surface form: 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
surface form: Euphrates River

Kura River
Tigris
surface form: Tigris River
highestPoint Mount Ararat
highestPointElevation 5137 m
historicalHomelandOf Armenians
historicalName Armenia
Armenian Highlands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Armenian Plateau

Armenian Highlands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Highland Armenia
languageRegionFor Armenian language
locatedIn eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

South Caucasus
surface form: Transcaucasia

Upper Mesopotamia
Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
mountainRange Gegham Mountains
Lesser Caucasus
Mount Aragats
Mount Ararat
Zangezur Mountains
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
surface form: Alpide belt

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
religiousSignificanceFor Armenian Apostolic Church
symbolicMountain Mount Ararat
volcanicFeature extinct volcanoes
volcanic plateau

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Muş locatedInMountainRange Armenian Highlands
Assyrian–Urartian wars theaterOfWar Armenian Highlands
Armenia Minor partOf Armenian Highlands
this entity surface form: Armenian Highlands region
Armenia Minor borderedBy Armenian Highlands
Çiyayê Agirî locatedIn Armenian Highlands
Çiyayê Agirî isHighestPointOf Armenian Highlands
Armenian principalities locatedIn Armenian Highlands
Hayravank Monastery locatedOn Armenian Highlands
Augustan wars hasLocation Armenian Highlands