Physical Map of Georgia
Georgia is located in wrinkled Alpine zone, in Subtropical zones of northern periphery between (the 41 07 and 43 35 latitudes and West 40 05 and 46 44 longitudes). The border length is 1970 km (315 km of which (16%) is coastline). The country is bounded by Russian federation from North, from East - Azerbaijan, from South - Armenia and Turkey, from West - the Black Sea.
The geological constitution is characterised by the precipitation is basicly of mezozur and Cainozoic era. According to the wrinkles it's devided by several Geotectonical units: from North to the South by Caucasian main ring's Antikloroum, main Caucasian range, wrinkles system, Georgian Belt, Achara-Trialeti system, Artvin-Bolnisi Belt and Loc-Karabagis wickly wrinkled zone.
Georgia is reach by minerals resources: oil, coal, peat, iron, magnum, copper, projectile-zinc, arsenic, mercury, andezit, barite, talc, serpentite, agate, quartz, basalt, granite, diorite, marble ect.
Georgia differs by it's contrastic relief. It is represented by high, middle and low mauntain's highland plane unity. The Caucases are reflerted sharply, intermountinius lowlace.
The territory of the Georgia features a highly contrasting topography. The north of the country is occuped by the Greater Caucasus chain (highest point - mt. Shkhara, 5068 m), which includes the Great Caucasian Range (the main watershed) and Gagra, Bzipi, Kodori, Svaneti, Egrisi, Racha, Lomisi, kartli and other ranges. The intermountainous depression to the south of the Greater Caucasus encompasses the kolkheti lowand, Inner Kartli, Lower Kartli and the Alazani Plain. Still further to the south the Minor Caucasian ranges rise to the medium height (meskheti, Shavsheti and other ranges), reaching 2850 m. The southernmost area of the country is covered by the volcanic South Georgian Upland (Mt. Didi Abuli, 3301 m, its highest peak), dissected by specific canyon-like river gorges.
The Greater Caucasus and the South Georgian Uplan join with the Likhi Range, which at the same time divides Georgia into two contrasting climatic zones: Western and Eastern Gaorgia.
The location of Georgia on the border between the moderate humid Mediterranean and the dry continental Aral-Caspian areas is responsible for the climate of the country. A humid subtropical climate dominantes in the Western Georgia, while Eastern Georgia feautures a transition from subtropical to moderate. The mean January remperature varies from -2 degree (Kolkheti) to 3 degree; in August from 23 to 26 degree. In the mean annual precipiration varies from 1000 to 2800 mm, in Eastern Georgia from 300 to 600 mm.
According to the climate conditions, hydrological network is not equally distributed in Georgia. In comparison with the East, the Western part of the country is highly satiated with river basins.
The rivers of Georgia belond to the basins of the Black and Saspian Basin flows the Mtkvari
river with its numerous tributaries (left) the Didi Liakhvi, the Aragvi, the Iori, the Alazani, (right) the
Paravani, the Algeti, and Khrami. The Black Sea Basin riners include the Rioni, the Enguri,
the Acharistskali, the Bzipi and others. There are not many lakes in Georgia, the largest
being Lake Paravani (37 sq.km), and Lake Paliastomi (17,3 sq.km), and the deepest Lake
Ritsa (116 m) and Lake Amtkeli (72-122 m) (both are implunded lakes).
The glaciers are only on Caucuses (688) and occupy 508 sq.km (country area's 0.7%). Regular snow line hesitates on 2800-3600 metre.
Georgia is rich with underground waters, there are mineral and termic waters (Borjomi, Utsera, Dzau, Nabeglavi, Sairme, Zvare, Nunisi ect).
The vegetation of Georgia is extremely rich and diverse, with numerous relict and endemic plants (dioskeria, Pontic and caucasian rhododendron, boxtree, zelkva, pesimmon, etc.).
Forest covers over 1/3 of the area, with broad-leafed species (oak, horn beam, chestnut, peach, etc.) common at lower levels, dark conifers (fir and spruce) in a higher mountain belt, and pine in higher-mountain valleys. Alpine meadovs are spreading above 1880 m. The Kolkheti and Alazani plains and the lava plateau's of the South Georgian Upland are dominated by cultivated plants (tea, citrus's, grapes).
The animal world is represented by variety ofdifferent mountain and plain is as plain species (Caucasian tur, roe deer, wolf, lynx, eagle, sparrow-hawk, falcon, sturgeon, salmon, shoat-fish, trout ect.
The landscape is divertse: it starts from half-deserts and humid subtropics, furnished with glaciers. The natural component's changes according to the height and is reflected well compactly-landscapes height zonal, landscapes zones complete spectres (usepercted more then 100 metres).
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