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III.—Transverse Valleys in the Eastern Caucasus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Hjalmar Sjögren
Hjalmar Sjögren
Affiliation:
Professor of Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Upsala, Sweden.
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Extract

Among the many valleys of Daghestan that are interesting to the geologist there are none more remarkable than the channel by which the river Sulak passes through the chain of Cretaceous and Jurassic mountains which borders Inner Daghestan. Just above the entrance of this defile the four rivers Koissu unite in one stream, which in a series of cataracts tears through a stupendous chasm some fifteen miles in length, cutting the huge ridge almost at right angles to its axis.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 9 , September 1891 , pp. 392 - 402
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1891

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