{"id":24600,"date":"2017-09-26T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/baghatssar-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T07:16:16","slug":"baghatssar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/baghatssar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Baghatssar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghri Mountain Range<\/span><\/h3>\n

Length: 64 km<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest summit: Mount Baghatssar (3,249 m)<\/span><\/p>\n

Coordinates: 39\u00b05’29.75, 46\u00b017’45.75<\/span><\/p>\n

The Meghri Mountain Range extends from the Zangezur Mountains to the Araks Valley and serves as a watershed between the Araks and Voghji rivers. The range widens as it approaches Khustup Mountain before narrowing again in the eastern part and descending sharply towards the Araks Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n

The southern slopes of the range are thickly wooded and occasionally fragmented by ravines and the forested northeastern slopes descend sharply to the Tsav depression. The northern slopes are largely bare of any vegetation and are quite fragmented by the rivulets of the Meghri River system and tributaries of the Araks. In the upper-reaches of the range, alpine meadows thrive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mountains of the Meghri Range testify to an ancient tradition of sun worship in the region, with several nearby locations named after the Sun God (Arev, in Armenian). Initially, the entire province was named Arevik after the deity, and the name of village Shvanidzor after Shivini \u2013another deity in the pantheon of the Sun God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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