Tag: Caucasus Geography

Mtkvari or Kura? Following the Flow of the South Caucasus

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Many readers meet this river under two different names and assume they are looking at two different waterways. They are not. The confusion comes from language, mapping habits, and the fact that this is one of the major cross-border rivers of the South Caucasus. Same river, different naming tradition Mtkvari and Kura are the same […]

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Are the Caucasus Located in Europe or Asia?

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The Caucasus sit between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, a rugged bridge where empires, languages, and tectonic plates meet. Stretching roughly 750 miles (1,200 kilometers), the Greater Caucasus wall has long tempted mapmakers to use it as the seam between Europe and Asia. Are the Caucasus Located in Europe or Asia? The Caucasus […]

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