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Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones. Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia.Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan: the Caspian Sea, whose shoreline forms a natural boundary to the east; the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north; and the extensive flatlands at the country's center. [1]
The elevation of Mount Shahdagh is 13,951 feet (4,252 m), which is the second highest peak in the Greater Caucasus. [3] [8] The mountain is located near to the border with Russia, in Gusar region of Azerbaijan. [3] There are caves at the base of the Mount Shahdagh, which show manmade activities around the mountain for over 9000 years. [3]
Azerbaijan is nearly surrounded by mountains. The Greater Caucasus range lies to the northeast along the border with Russia and extends into northeastern Azerbaijan and runs southeast to the Absheron Peninsula. The Lesser Caucasus range lies to the west along the border with Armenia, and the Talysh Mountains lies to the south along the border ...
Mount Shahdagh (Azerbaijani: Şahdağ; Lezgian: Кас сув) is a mountain peak of the Greater Caucasus range, located in the Qusar District of Azerbaijan, close to the border with Russia. The elevation of the peak is 4,243 metres (13,921 ft) above sea level. [2] Among the earth rocks found in Shahdagh are magnesian lime, chalkstone and ...
Map of Azerbaijan. This is a list of the extreme points of Azerbaijan, the points that are farther north, south, ... Altitude. Maximum: Bazardüzü Da ...
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
The quantitative area distribution of Azerbaijan according to the hypsometric levels is as follows: 18% is located below the ocean level. 24% has hypsometric marks ranging from 0 to 200 m. 15.5% is covered by areas which elevation ranges from 200 to 500 m. 15.5% is covered by areas which elevation marks ranges from 500 to 1,000 m.