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The Caucasus (/ ˈ k ɔː k ə s ə s /) or Caucasia [3] [4] (/ k ɔː ˈ k eɪ ʒ ə /), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia.It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.
The North Caucasus, [b] or Ciscaucasia, [c] is a subregion in Eastern Europe governed by Russia. [d] It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which separates Europe and Asia. The North Caucasus is bordered by the Sea of Azov and Black Sea to the west, the Caspian Sea to the east, and the Caucasus Mountains to the south.
Landforms of the Caucasus by country (3 C) A. Geography of Armenia (20 C, 8 P) Geography of Azerbaijan (23 C, 15 P) G. Geography of Georgia (country) (22 C, 23 P)
The Geography of the Caucasus mountain ranges and regions of far Eastern Europe and central Western Asia.; The southwestern Russian republics, oblasts, and autonomous regions are in the European North Caucasus (Ciscaucasia) region; and the independent nations - Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia - are in the Asian South Caucasus (Transcaucasia) region.
Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, [8] [a] officially the Republic of Ingushetia, [b] is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe.The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; and borders the Russian republics of North Ossetia–Alania to its west and north and Chechnya to its east and northeast.
Although not as high as the topmost summits of the Lateral Range to the north, the highest elevations of the Main Caucasian Range include the 5,193 meters (17,037 ft) high Shkhara, the 4,466 meters (14,652 ft) high Mount Bazardüzü —highest point of Dagestan— and the 4,451 meters (14,603 ft) high Mount Shani —highest point of Ingushetia.
The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia , Georgia , and Azerbaijan , which are sometimes collectively known as the Caucasian States .
The North Caucasus—Ciscaucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, and is within southern European Russia The main article for this category is North Caucasus .