Английская Википедия:Crimean Mountains
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The Crimean Mountains (Шаблон:Lang-crh; Шаблон:Lang-uk; Шаблон:Lang-ru; Шаблон:Lang-tr) or Yayla Mountains are a range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast of Crimea, between about Шаблон:Convert from the sea. Toward the west, the mountains drop steeply to the Black Sea, and to the east, they change slowly into a steppe landscape.
The Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main Range, which is subdivided into several yaylas or mountain plateaus (yayla or yaylak is Turkic for "alpine meadow"). They are:
- Baydar yayla
- Ai-Petri yayla
- Yalta yayla
- Nikita yayla
- Hurzuf yayla
- Babugan yayla
- Chatyr-Dag yayla
- Dologorukovskaya (Subatkan) yayla
- Demirci yayla
- Qarabiy yayla
Highest peaks
The Crimea's highest peak is the Roman-Kosh (Шаблон:Lang-uk; Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) on the Babugan Yayla at Шаблон:Convert. Other important peaks over 1,200 metres include:
- Demir-Kapu (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,540 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Zeytin-Kosh (Шаблон:Lang-uk; Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,537 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Kemal-Egerek (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,529 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Eklizi-Burun (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,527 m in the Chatyrdag Yayla;
- Lapata (Шаблон:Lang-uk; Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,406 m in the Yaltynska Yayla, Yalta Yaylası;
- Northern Demirji (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,356 m in the Demirci Yayla;
- Ai-Petri (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru, Шаблон:Lang-crh) 1,234 m in the Ay Petri Yaylası.
Passes and rivers
The passes over the Crimean Mountains are: (from east to west)
- Angarskyi Pass (752m) near Perevalne, on a road from Alushta to Simferopol
- Okhotnyche (1185m) near Ai-Petri mountain peak, on the road from Yalta to Bakhchysarai
- Baydar Gate (503m) near Foros, connecting Baydar Valley and the sea coast
- Laspi Pass (350m) near Cape Aya, on a road from Yalta to Sevastopol.
Rivers of the Crimean Mountains include the Alma River, Chernaya River, and Salhir River on the northern slope and Uchan-su River on the southern slope which forms the Uchan-su waterfall, and the highest waterfall in Crimea.
History
Archaeologists have found the earliest anatomically modern humans in Europe in the Crimean Mountains' Buran-Kaya caves. The fossils are 32,000 years old, with the artifacts linked to the Gravettian culture. The fossils have cut marks suggesting a post-mortem defleshing ritual.[1][2]
Gallery
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Qarabiy yayla
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Qarabiy yayla
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Qarabiy yayla
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Mountain plateau of Chatyr-Dag mountain
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The Crimean Mountains
See also
References
External links
- Crimean mountains – view on all parts of mountains of Crimea
- Mountains of Crimea – Great collection of Crimean mountains from private mountain guide Sergey Sorokin
