Transcaucasia or the
South Caucasus is a
geopolitical region located on the border of
Eastern Europe and
Southwest Asia. More specifically, Transcaucasia spans the southern portion of the
Caucasus Mountains and its lowlands, straddling the border between the continents of
Europe and
Asia, and extending southwards from the southern part of the
Greater Caucasus mountain range of southwestern
Russia to the
Turkish and
Armenian borders, and from the
Black Sea in the west to the
Caspian Sea coast of
Iran in the east. The area includes the southern part of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, the entire
Lesser Caucasus mountain range, the
Colchis Lowlands, the
Kura-Aras Lowlands, the
Talysh Mountains, the
Lenkoran Lowlands,
Javakheti and the eastern portion of the
Armenian Highland. Together with Ciscaucasia (North Caucasus), Transcaucasia is a part of the larger Caucasus geographical region that divides
Eurasia.
