Gagra Range (Russian: Гагрский хребет) is a mountain range of the Caucasus Major in Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys Greater Caucasus (Большой Кавказ Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz Dağları sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major" "Big Caucasus" or "Large Abkhazia (Аҧсны Apsny აფხაზეთი Apkhazeti or Abkhazeti Абха́зия Abhazia) is a De facto Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between The range runs between the valleys of the Bzyb and Psou rivers to the south of the Caucasus Major, in a general North-South direction. The Bzyb (Бзыҧ ბზიფი Бзыбь is the largest river of Abkhazia in the Western Caucasus. Psou River (Ҧсоу ფსოუ Псоу is a river in the West Caucasus. Greater Caucasus (Большой Кавказ Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz Dağları sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major" "Big Caucasus" or "Large The highest elevation is 2,256 m (Mount Agepsta). Mount Agepsta (Аҕьаҧсҭа Agh'aphstha, აგეფსთა is a peak of the Gagra Range in Abkhazia.
The Gagra Range approaches the Black Sea close to the city of Gagra and plays an important role in moderating the climate of that resort by blocking cold, continental winds from the north and east. The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey Gagra ( Abkhaz and Russian: Гагра გაგრა is a town in Abkhazia, the breakaway republic
The range is mostly made up of limestone, with pronounced karst topography and is characterized by many deep canyons created by rivers. Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble Bedrock, usually Carbonate rock such as Limestone For the song see CANYONMID. For the band see Canyon (band. A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge The deepest cave in the world, the Voronya Cave, is located in the Arabika Massif of the Gagra Range. A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter The Voronya Cave aka Krubera-Voronia Cave, Cave of Kruber, etc Arabika Massif is a Massif of the Gagra Range, Abkhazia in the West Caucasus, by the city of Gagra.
A highway to Lake Ritsa runs by the range, along the Bzyb, Iupshara and Gega rivers. Lake Ritsa (Риҵа რიწა Рица located in the northern part of the Republic of Abkhazia, is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, surrounded by mixed mountain