Caucasus Mountains
Noun
Meaning
the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
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Examples
Hajikend village in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, February 2015.
Jordanes also mentions that they fought with Hercules, and in the Trojan War, and that a smaller contingent of them endured in the Caucasus Mountains until the time of Alexander.
The Roki Tunnel was vital for the Russian military in the 2008 South Ossetia war because it is the only direct route through the Caucasus Mountains.
Head of UNICEF's office in Azerbaijan, Roberto Laurenti (center) with children from the village of Khinalig in the Caucasus Mountains.
Its name is Georgia, a little wedge of forest nestled between the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains.
Consisting of two ranges—the Greater and Lesser—the Caucasus Mountains lie between the Black and Caspian Seas.