Akhtychaya Gorge - a gorge in the south of Dagestan , in the Rutulsky and Akhtynsky districts, is formed by mountain ranges of the Main Caucasian , Helmets-Akhtynsky and Shalbuzdag ranges. Along the bottom of the gorge, the Akhtychay River stretches for 63 kilometers, from which the gorge was named.
Content
- 1 Geographical location
- 2 Geology
- 3 Climate
- 4 Value
- 5 Mineral springs
- 6 Vegetation
- 7 population
- 8 Gorges
- 9 notes
- 10 Links
Geographical position
The gorge begins in the Rutulsky district , at the foot of the northern slopes of the Main Caucasian and southern slopes of the Helmets-Akhtynsky ranges, in the Kabyak tract. Before the village of Khnov, the gorge goes south, then turns east, and after docking with the Thii Gorge at an altitude of 1455 m, it goes to the northeast, ending at the Samur River valley . After docking with the Mazinsky Gorge, the duplication of the Helmets-Akhtynsky Range from the Main Caucasus Mountains passes to the Shalbuzdag Range.
Geology
The gorge is composed of clay slate shales and sandstones. In the middle part of the gorge porphyrites and tufogenic schists. The bottom is limestone.
Climate
The climate in the gorge is dry, from alpine in the upper reaches of the Akhtychay River, to temperate continental at the mouth of the river, near Samur. It rains rarely.
Value
The Akhtychaya gorge is the largest gorge in the Samur River basin, after the gorge (valley) of Samur itself . The road passing through the gorge is the only link between the villages of the southern part of the Akhtyn region and the rest of the world. Also, the gorge separates the Helmets-Akhtyn ridge from the Main Caucasus and Shalbuzdag ranges.
Mineral springs
In the ravine, cultivated hot sulfuric healing springs hit from under the ground. Mainly, near the villages of Akhty , Kurukal , Yaldzhukh and Khnov .
Vegetation
Akhtyn district is poor in forests - only 0.6% of its territory is covered by them. There are two relatively large forests in the area, one of them is Khryugsky, a birch-aspen forest, and in the Akhtychaya Gorge. To a height of 3000 m, the gorge is covered with fat grass.
Population
The population of the gorge is bi-national. In the villages of Borch and Khnov , rutulians live. And in the villages of Smugul , Mijah , Kurukal and Akhty Lezgins .
Gorges
Since the gorge is a river valley, it has numerous, transverse, small gorges.
- Gorges of the Main Caucasian Range:
- Kabyakchaya Gorge.
- Gorge Caravanseraichaya
- Galagathaet Gorge
- Dalichaya Gorge
- Kizildre gorge (Khnovsk gorge)
- Gdym Gorge
- Phi Gorge
- Masinsky Gorge
- Gorges of the Shalbuzdag Range:
- Magulakhchaya Gorge
- Gorges of the Helmets-Akhtyn Range:
- Kaminchay Gorge
- Kudchakh Gorge