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| Armenian Highland |
| Posted on: May 11, 2010, 8:05 am |
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| The Armenian Highland is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East. |
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| Mount Ararat |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 9:40 am |
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Geography |
| It has two peaks: Greater Ararat (the tallest peak in Turkey, and the entire Armenian plateau with an elevation of 5,137 m/16,854 ft) and Lesser Ararat (with an elevation of 3,896 m/12,782 ft). |
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| Dilijan National Park |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:40 am |
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Geography |
| Dilijan National Park, occupying 24,000 ha, is located in the North-Eastern part of the Republic of Armenia, in Tavush province. Dilijan National Park is well known for its forest landscapes, rich biodiversity, medicinal mineral water springs, natural and cultural monuments. |
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| Yerevan Lake |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:21 am |
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Geography |
| Yerevan Lake located in the capital of Armenia in Yerevan. Lake Yerevan (4000 BC and 90,000 BC respectively) Erebuni marks the beginning of 2,780 years of continuous inhabitation. |
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| Kapan |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:15 am |
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Geography |
| Kapan; former names include Ghapan, Ghap’an, Kafin, Kafan, Katan, Qafan, Zangezur, and Madan) is the capital of the Syunik province (marz) of Armenia. The city is located 316 kilometers from Yerevan. |
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| Tags: Yerevan, Armenia, marz, Syunik province, Madan, Zangezur, Qafan, Katan, Kafan, Kafin, Ghap’an, Ghapan, Kapan |
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| Geography of Armenia |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:10 am |
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Geography |
| Armenia is a landlocked country in Europe, between the Black and Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey. |
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| Shikahogh State Preserve |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:07 am |
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Geography |
| Shikahogh State Preserve is Armenia’s second largest forest reserve, covering some 100 km² (25,000 acres) of land, and located in southern Armenia in the Syunik Province. |
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| Mount Aragats |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:04 am |
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Geography |
| Mount Aragats is a large andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano in NW Armenia about 40 km NW of the capital city of Yerevan. It is the highest point in Armenia, located in the province of Aragatsotn, northwest from Yerevan. |
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| Lake Sevan |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 7:57 am |
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Geography |
| Lake Sevan is the largest lake in Armenia and one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world. Lake Sevan is situated in the central part of the Republic of Armenia, inside the Gegharkunik Province, at the altitude of 1900m above sea level. |
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| Lachin |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 7:47 am |
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Geography |
| Lachin is a town in Azerbaijan and the regional center of the Lachin Rayon. Since 1992 the area has been under the control of the de facto independent unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which has renamed the town Berdzor. |
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