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Skalisty Range, Caucasus

Skalisty Range (Russian: Скалистый хребет) is a mountain range in the Greater Caucasus, Russian Federation.

Skalisty Range
Скалистый хребет
Bolshoy Bermamyt
Highest point
PeakKarakaya
Elevation3,646 m (11,962 ft)
Coordinates43°16′06″N 43°14′42″E / 43.26833°N 43.24500°E / 43.26833; 43.24500
Dimensions
Length931 km (578 mi) ESE/WNW
Geography
Location in Russia
Skalisty Range
Скалистый хребет (European Russia)
CountryRussia
RegionNorth Caucasus
Range coordinates43°11′N 43°24′E / 43.183°N 43.400°E / 43.183; 43.400
Parent rangeGreater Caucasus

Geography edit

The Skalisty Range is a chain of ten separate mountain massifs stretching parallel to the northern side of the Lateral Range along the Krasnodar Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia federal subjects. Its high mountain massifs are separated by the upper reaches of the rivers flowing on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus. It extends from northwest to southeast for 931 km from the upper course of the Belaya River, a left tributary of the Kuban, to the west, reaching almost the Terek River in the east, in the area of Vladikavkaz town.[1]

The average height of the Skalisty Range is between 1,200 meters (3,900 ft) and 1,700 meters (5,600 ft) in the west, reaching 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) in the east. The highest point is 3,646 meters (11,962 ft) high Karakaya, located between rivers Chegem and Cherek in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. The ridge has steep, in places vertical, southern slopes, while the northern slopes are gentler, though broken by numerous narrow river valleys from the basins of the Kuban and Terek rivers. There are numerous karst formations.[2]

Flora edit

The northern slopes of Skalisty Range are largely covered with deciduous forests, while the southern slopes and the areas above the tree line include mountain steppe and pasture in the non-rocky areas.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ a b "Скалистый хребет". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Skalisty Range, Caucasus at Wikimedia Commons

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