Greater Caucasus Mountains
The Bogos Range rises above the Andi Koisu valley in the eastern Caucasus. Its highest summits carry glaciers and permanent snow, while steep side valleys descend towards the river. Villages such as Tindi occupy defensible spurs and are connected to the valley by mountain paths. The high pastures and cultivated ground around these settlements supported communities whose languages and traditions differed from one valley to the next.
References
- satoyamainitiative.org/case_studies/the-socio-ecological-production-landscapes-of-three-ethnolinguistic-enclaves-in-the-dagestan-high-caucasus-sustaining-a-multi-millennial-agro-pastoral-continuum-the-example-of-verkhnee-gakvari/
- dagnasledie.e-dag.ru/activities/istorikoarheologiceskiy-kompleks1118vv-s-tindi