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Every place FactSpark mentions in "The Caucasus Mountains explained", mapped
// THE CRUX The Caucasus Mountains form a vital geographic, ecological, and cultural barrier between Europe and Asia, shaped by complex geology, immense human diversity, and contested continental borders.
37 places, in order of mention
| 00:01 | Atlas Mountains | spreads from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains |
| 00:08 | Sumatra | to the summits and volcanoes of Sumatra and Java |
| 00:09 | Java | of Sumatra and Java |
| 00:20 | Caucasus | the Caucasian Mountains have been uplifted |
| 00:23 | Black Sea | connecting the Black and Caspian Seas |
| 00:25 | Caspian Sea | the Black and Caspian Seas |
| 01:40 | Kuma-Manych Depression | from the Kuma-Manych Depression in southern Russia |
| 01:44 | Pontic Mountains | all the way to the Turkish Pontic Mountains |
| 01:46 | Aras River | and the Aras River between Azerbaijan and Iran |
| 01:47 | Azerbaijan | between Azerbaijan and Iran |
| 01:48 | Iran | between Azerbaijan and Iran |
| 01:59 | Lesser Caucasus | the more mellow and older Lesser Caucasus Mountains |
| 02:04 | Georgia | while curving through Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan |
| 02:05 | Armenia | Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan |
| 02:21 | Greater Caucasus | running parallel to the north, the Greater Caucasus |
| 02:27 | Taman Peninsula | from the Taman Peninsula between the Black Sea |
| 02:28 | Sea of Azov | and the Sea of Azov |
| 02:30 | Absheron Peninsula | to the Absheron Peninsula of Azerbaijan |
| 02:38 | Mount Kazbek | Mount Kazbek towering over Georgia |
| 03:24 | Russia | shared by Russia to the north |
| 03:31 | Mount Elbrus | Elbrus 5642 meters |
| 03:32 | Dykh-Tau | surpassing the 5000 meter mark |
| 03:34 | Shkhara | with the area in between them |
| 05:07 | Mir Samir | closest taller mountain to Mount Elbrus |
| 05:11 | Mont Blanc | nearly matching the elevation of Mont Blanc |
| 07:08 | Rioni River | with the Rioni River draining the west |
| 07:11 | Kura River | and the Kura passing by Tbilisi |
| 07:12 | Tbilisi | and the Kura passing by Tbilisi |
| 09:18 | Fertile Crescent | lying just one mountain range away from the Fertile Crescent |
| 10:06 | Egypt | contemporaries to the Egyptian pharaohs |
| 12:05 | South Ossetia | these areas are called South Ossetia and Abkhazia |
| 12:07 | Abkhazia | South Ossetia and Abkhazia along Georgia's northern border |
| 14:17 | Chechnya | Chechen war for independence |
| 15:13 | Strait of Gibraltar | like the Strait of Gibraltar, the Isthmus of Suez |
| 15:14 | Isthmus of Suez | the Isthmus of Suez |
| 15:15 | Isthmus of Panama | or the Isthmus of Panama between North and South America |
| 15:44 | Don River | along the Don River and into the Caspian Sea |