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The Anti-Taurus (Greek: Αντίταυρος, Latin: Anti-Taurus (ANTITAVRVS), its western part is called today by the Turks ''Aladağlar'') is the central chain of the mountain ranges of the Armenian Highlands, which runs from west to east across
The eastern Anti-Taurus divides the Armenian Highlands into two climatic zones: the southern, dry climate zone of the Tauride mountains, and the northern, moist climate zone of western 
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The Anti-Taurus (Greek: Αντίταυρος, Latin: Anti-Taurus (ANTITAVRVS), its western part is called today by the Turks ''Aladağlar'') is the central chain of the mountain ranges of the Armenian Highlands, which runs from west to east across Western Armenia
Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, ''Arevmdian Hayasdan'') is a term to refer to the eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that are part of the historical homeland of the Armenians. Weste ...
parallel to the Armenian Taurus. The Anti-Taurus consists of two parts, western and eastern. In the west, the Anti-Taurus departs north of the Cilician Taurus, and passing through the center of the Armenian plateau, ends in the east with the Ararat summits. The highest point of the Anti-Taurus is Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and th ...
, which is the highest peak of the Armenian Highlands and all of Turkey
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and also the highest mountain in the world from the foot to the crown(relative to the plain), the height of the cone above sea level is 5165 meters, the distance from the foot to the top - 4365 meters.
Climate
The eastern Anti-Taurus divides the Armenian Highlands into two climatic zones: the southern, dry climate zone of the Tauride mountains, and the northern, moist climate zone of western Transcaucasia
The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...
.
In historical geography and political ethnography
Strabo said about the Western Anti-Taurus, that having risen to its summits you can observe both seas (Mediterranean
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and Black
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white ...
) washing the peninsula of Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
.
Until the 1915 Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...
in Ottoman empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and Transcaucasia, the northern slopes of the Anti-Taurus was one of the main areas of concentration of the Armenian population in Western Armenia.
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