Preferred Name

South Caucasus
Synonyms

Caucasus, South

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.

demonym

Transcaucasian

South Caucasian

has database cross reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcaucasia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transcaucasia

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200173

has exact synonym

Caucasus, South

has synonym

Transcaucasia

Transcaucasus

label

South Caucasus

Library of Congress Subject Headings

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136878

MeSH Descriptor ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014154

name

Transcaucasian

South Caucasian

prefixIRI

GAZ:00004940

prefLabel

South Caucasus

subClassOf

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

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