Pambak Mountains
| Pambak Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Tesch ( 3101 m ) | |
| location | Armenia | |
| part of | Armenian highlands | |
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 43 ′ N , 44 ° 25 ′ E | |
 Tesch |
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The Pambak Mountains ( Armenian Փամբակի լեռնաշղթա , Pambaki lernaschghta; Russian Памбакский хребет , Pambakski chrebet ) is a mountain range in Armenia .
The Pambak Mountains are part of the Armenian Highlands . It extends between the city of Gyumri (formerly Leninakan ) in the northwest to the northwest shore of Lake Sevan in the east. It forms the watershed between the river systems of the Kura ( Pambak , Aghstafa ) in the north and the Aras ( Achurjan , Kassagh , Hrasdan ) in the south. The rivers Aghstafa, Pambak and Marmarik have their source on the slopes of the Pambak Mountains. In the Tesch (also Teschler ) it reaches a maximum height of 3101 m .
The mountains consist of igneous rock . The slopes are covered by mountain steppes and mountain heather. Deciduous deciduous forest grows on the northern slopes in the eastern part of the mountains .
Mountains (selection)
Below are a number of peaks along the main ridge of the Pambak Mountains, sorted from west to east:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
Web links
Topographic maps:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Article Pambak Mountains in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)