Cartelian Mountains
| Cartelian Mountains | ||
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 Upper Pshawi-Aragvi Valley |
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| Highest peak | Tschitscho ( 3076 m ) | |
| location | Mtskheta-Mtianeti ( Georgia ) | |
| part of | Greater Caucasus | |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 17 ′ N , 44 ° 58 ′ E | |
| rock | Sandstone , marl , mica slate | |
The Cartlian Mountains ( Georgian ქართლის ქედი ) form a mountain ridge in Georgia , which branches off from the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus in a southerly direction.
The Cartlian Mountains form the watershed between the Pschawi-Aragwi in the north and west and the upper Iori in the east. It extends over a length of 100 km in a north-south direction. In the north the mountain range in the Tschitscho reaches a maximum height of 3,076 m . The mountains consist mainly of sandstone , marl and mica schist . Beech and oak forests grow on the mountain slopes. Alpine vegetation thrives at higher altitudes.
Mountains (selection)
In the following, a number of peaks of the Cartelian Mountains are listed, sorted in north-south direction:
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- Tschitscho ( 3076 m ) ( ⊙ )
Web links
Topographic maps (1: 100,000):
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Article Kartlisches Gebirge in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)