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Svaneti Range

Coordinates: 42°54′N 42°46′E / 42.900°N 42.767°E / 42.900; 42.767
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Svaneti Range
View of Svipi, Tviberi and Lezgara from Kalashi
Highest point
PeakMount Laila
Elevation4,009 m (13,153 ft)
Dimensions
Length85 km (53 mi) W-E
Geography
Svaneti Range is located in Georgia
Svaneti Range
Svaneti Range is located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Svaneti Range
CountryGeorgia
ProvinceSvaneti
Range coordinates42°54′N 42°46′E / 42.900°N 42.767°E / 42.900; 42.767
Parent rangeCaucasus Mountains
Borders onGreater Caucasus

Svaneti Range (Georgian: სვანეთის ქედი) is an 85 km long sub-mountain range of the Greater Caucasus, in the Svaneti region of Georgia, located south of the main Caucasus ridge in a west–east direction.[1]

The Svaneti Range runs along the border between the regions of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (North and South Svaneti) in the north of Georgia. It forms the watershed between the Enguri River (to the north and west) and the Tskhenistsqali (to the south). The right Tskhenistsqali tributary Cheledula separates the mountains from the further south Egrisi Range. The Svanetic Mountains reach a maximum altitude of 4009 m at the Lahili Peak. The ridge is partially glacier.

Geology

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Svaneti Range is composed mainly of sedimentary ( mica, schist ) and partly of metamorphic rocks ( quartzite, slate ).

Vegetation

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On the slopes grow subalpine and alpine vegetation. The slopes of the Svaneti Range at lower elevations are covered with forests of beech, spruce and fir.

Svaneti Range, seen from the hillside of Tetnuldi. Peaks from left to right: Mt Nekpash, Mt Gvadarashi and Mt Lahili

References

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  1. ^ Devdariani G., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9, pages 310-311, 1985.