Since the birth of the earth, the crustal plates have kept separating and merging. Each convergence creates scars on the earth - mountains. About 65 million years ago, the Tibetan Plateau was still at the bottom of the Neo-Tethys Ocean, the second-largest ocean in the world at that time....
Caucasus, mountains and region lying between the Black Sea (west) and the Caspian Sea (east) and occupied by Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus where Europe and
As Ahgul quickly pokes the needle and thread through the fabric, it’s easy to see how intricate and labor-intensive this type of embroidery is. This makes me appreciate the tapestries in my ger even more, and I even purchase a placemat as a special homemade souvenir. Taking a photo wi...
frozen in time and very real reminders of the perils of climbing the famous mountain for those on the way to the top.Like many mountains in South and Central Asia, it lies on the border between two countries with Everest separating Nepal and China and it can be ascended from either side....
Asia, Europe, and North America contain approximately 40% of the global soil organic carbon, roughly the same value as atmospheric carbon, making the global boreal ecosystem the largest terrestrial organic carbon pool8. Boreal forest carbon sequestration and emission is largely determined by forest ...
The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus separating the Black and Caspian seas in the region where Europe and Asia converge. Trending generally from northwest to southeast, the mountains consist of two ranges—the Greater Caucasus (Russian: Bolshoy Kavkaz...
Compared with autumn, hazel grouse were recorded closer to unpaved roads in the spring and summer. We supposed that this was due to an increase in suitable habitats nearby roads in the summer. Studies around roads in Europe showed that roads have a positive effect on birds of open and semi...
Kuban River, river in southwestern Russia, 563 miles (906 km) in length and draining 23,600 square miles (61,000 square km). It rises from glaciers on Mount Elbrus in the Greater Caucasus and flows north through narrow gorges, with many rapids, to the St