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Bzyb Range is a mountain range in Abkhazia on the Southern slope of the Western part of Caucasus Major, running in parallel to it. A mountain range (Sierra in the Spanish language) is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Official languages Abkhaz, Russian Political status De Facto Independent Capital Sukhumi Capitals coordinates 43°01′N 41°02′E President¹ Sergei Bagapsh Prime Minister¹ Alexander Ankvab ¹ De-facto government Chairman of the Supreme Council² Temur Mzhavia Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers² Irakli Alasania ² Pro-Georgian Government in exile Independence... Greater Caucasus (Russian: , sometimes translated as Caucasus Major, Big Caucasus or Large Caucasus) is the major mountain range of Caucasus mountains. ...


The Bzyb Range length is about 50 km and elevation up to 3,033 m, the composition is mainly limestone with pronounced karst landscape. It is bounded by the valley of Bzyb River from North and West and partially by the valley of Kelasuri River, which separates it from the Abkhaz Range. Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... Foto by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Bzyb River is a river in Abkhazia, in Western Caucasus. ...


Of attractions is the Snowy Cave (ru:Пещера Снежная), most speleologically complex in Russia (and in the whole Soviet Union). Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). ...


See also: Bzyzb, a disambiguation page.


 

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