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Georgia Cities with Hotels
 Georgia (country) (Georgian Sakartvelo), republic in the Transcaucasia region of western Asia, bordered by the Black Sea on the west,
Russia on the north, and
Azerbaijan,
Armenia, and Turkey on the south. Formerly the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Georgia includes two autonomous republics-Abkhazia and Ajaria-and one autonomous region-South Ossetia. A country of extremely diverse terrain, Georgia contains high mountain ranges as well as fertile coastal lowlands. Population is concentrated along the coast of the Black Sea and in river valleys, especially the valley of the Kura River, where
T'bilisi, the capital and largest city, is located.
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Land and Resources
With an area of about 69,700 sq km (about 26,900 sq mi), the Georgian landscape is dominated by rugged mountain ranges, more than a third of which are heavily wooded. The main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains forms most of the republic's northern boundary, and the highest elevations in the republic can be found there. Mount Shkhara is the highest peak, measuring 5068 m (16,628 ft). It is followed by many other peaks with heights of 4500 m (14,765 ft) or greater.
The Lesser Caucasus (Malyy Kavkaz) moutains , which occupy the southern part of the republic, rarely exceed an elevation of 3000 m (9843 ft). The area between these two mountain systems is generally much lower, especially along the river valleys and the coast of the Black Sea, where elevations are generally less than 100 m (less than 328 ft). The two largest rivers in the republic, the Kura and the Rioni, flow in opposite directions; the Kura, which originates in Turkey, runs generally eastward through Georgia and Azerbaijan into the Caspian Sea, while the Rioni drains into the Black Sea to the west. Numerous other rivers flow across the fertile Kolkhidskaya Lowland, which occupies most of the coastal land on the Georgian side of the Black Sea.
Climate in the republic is marked by wide regional variations, ranging from humid, subtropical conditions in the Kolkhidskaya Lowland to drier conditions in the eastern uplands. Georgian plant and animal life are equally diverse. Land at lower elevations has been extensively reworked by human activity and contains little of its native wildlife. The gray marmot, ibex, and chamois, however, can be found in alpine areas, and wolves, foxes, roe deer, and badgers populate the forests.
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