Javakheti Range or Javakhk Range (also Kechut Range or Wet Mountains; ka, ჯავახეთის ქედი; ) is a volcanic range, in southern
Georgia
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and northern
Armenia
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, part of the
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains
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. The range is about 50 km (31 mi) long and runs north to south from Trialeti to Bazum Range. It parallels the
Samsari Range.
The Chochiani, Shavtskala and Mashavera rivers originate in the range.
It contains
shield-shaped craterless volcanoes, with a wide base and a small relative height.
The highest peak is
Achkasar, at an elevation of 3196 m (10485 ft) above
sea level
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. Other notable peaks include
Leyli (3156),
Yemlikli (3054), Garanlig (3039), Aghrigar (2973) and Shambiani (2923).
The range is mainly covered with
alpine meadow
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s and
grassland
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s. There are a number of small-sized lakes in and around the Javakheti Range.
See also
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Javakheti Plateau
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Abul-Samsari Range
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Lesser Caucasus
The Lesser Caucasus or Lesser Caucasus Mountains, also called Caucasus Minor, is the second of the two main ranges of the Caucasus Mountains, of length about . The western portion of the Lesser Caucasus overlaps and converges with east Turkey an ...
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Джавахетский хребет
Mountain ranges of Georgia (country)
Mountain ranges of Armenia
Mountain ranges of the Caucasus
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