Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus (; ; , sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains.

The range stretches for about  from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus near Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.

The range is traditionally separated into three parts:
Western Caucasus, from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus
Central Caucasus, from Mount Elbrus to Mount Kazbek
Eastern Caucasus, from Mount Kazbek to the Caspian Sea

In the wetter Western Caucasus, the mountains are heavily forested, with deciduous forest up to , coniferous forest up to  and alpine meadows above the tree line. In the drier Eastern Caucasus, the mountains are mostly treeless.

Category:Mountain ranges of Asia
Category:Caucasus
Category:Mountains of Russia
Category:Geography of Azerbaijan
Category:Geography of Georgia (country)