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Preferred Name

South Caucasus
Synonyms

Transcaucasus
Definitions

The southern portion of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia, extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders, between the Black and Caspian Seas. The area includes the Colchis Lowland, Kura Lowland, Talysh Mountains, Lenkoran Lowland, Caucasus Minor, and Javakheti-Armenian Uplands. All of Armenia is in Transcaucasia; the majority of Georgia and Azerbaijan, including the exclave of Naxcivan, fall within this area.
ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00004940
definition

The southern portion of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia, extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders, between the Black and Caspian Seas. The area includes the Colchis Lowland, Kura Lowland, Talysh Mountains, Lenkoran Lowland, Caucasus Minor, and Javakheti-Armenian Uplands. All of Armenia is in Transcaucasia; the majority of Georgia and Azerbaijan, including the exclave of Naxcivan, fall within this area.
has_exact_synonym

Transcaucasus
has_obo_namespace

GAZ
id

GAZ:00004940
label

South Caucasus
located_in

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00002469
notation

GAZ:00004940
prefLabel

South Caucasus
treeView

http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing
subClassOf

http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing
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