Svaneti ridge ( Georgian. სვანეთის ქედი ) - a mountain range in Georgia . It is the front ridge of the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus . The length of the ridge is 85 km. The highest altitude is 4,008 m (Mount Layla ).
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It is composed of shales and quartzites.
The crest of the ridge is occupied by glaciers with a total area of about 30 km². On the slopes - alpine meadows, turning into coniferous and beech forests.
The northern slopes of the ridge are facing the valley of the upper Inguri river (historical region of Upper Svaneti ), the southern ones - the upper river of Tskhenistskali (historical region of Lower Svaneti).
Sources
- TSB
- "Modern Explanatory Dictionary" ed. "Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 1997