Bzyb Range

Bzyb Range

Bzyb Range ( _ab. Агеишьха, "Ageish'kha") is a mountain range in Abkhazia on the Southern slope of the Western part of Caucasus Major, running parallel to it.

The Bzyb Range's length is about 50 km and elevation is up to 3,033 m, it is made mainly of limestone with pronounced karst landscape. It is bounded by the valley of Bzyb River from North and West and partially by the valley of Kelasuri River, which separates it from the Abkhaz Range.

One of the attractions is the Snowy Cave (), the most speleologically complex in the whole former Soviet Union.


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