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Definition of Caucasus mountains
1. Noun. The mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia.
Group relationships: Caucasia, Caucasus
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Derivative terms: Caucasic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caucasus Mountains
Literary usage of Caucasus mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Physical Geography: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and by Edwin James Houston (1894)
"The caucasus mountains bear peaks exceeding in elevation those of the Alps.
They belong, however, more properly to the elevations of Asia. 127. ..."
2. Topical Outline of Geography by Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1921)
"THE caucasus mountains:—THE EAST AND WEST MOUNTAIN WALL FORMING A PART OF THE
BOUNDARY BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE. ..."
3. Carpenter's New Geographical Reader: Europe by Frank George Carpenter (1922)
"There is a great deal of petroleum yet to be mined here in the caucasus mountains,
in the Apsheron peninsula, and in some of the islands of the Caspian Sea. ..."
Other Resources:
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