Caucasus foothills

As Caucasus foothills or Vorkaukasus ( Russian Предкавказье / Predkawkasje ), the northern foothills of the Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea called bounded on the north by the Manych valley is limited, which forms the border between Europe and Asia here. Administratively, the foothills of the Caucasus belong to the Russian federal districts of Southern Russia and Northern Caucasus .

Web links

Pre-Caucasus article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)

45 43.5Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 43 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E

Individual evidence

↑ Brockhaus Encyclopedia - 21st edition. FABrockhaus. Leipzig / Mannheim 2006. Article Europe: "Since the 18th century, the Urals have been the border between Europe and Asia ... Conventional borders with Asia are also formed by the Ural river, the Caspian Sea, the Manytsch lowlands, the Black Sea, the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea " .

[1] Brockhaus Encyclopedia - 21st edition. FABrockhaus. Leipzig / Mannheim 2006. Article Europe: "Since the 18th century, the Urals have been the border between Europe and Asia ... Conventional borders with Asia are also formed by the Ural river, the Caspian Sea, the Manytsch lowlands, the Black Sea, the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea " .