Located at the intersection of Europe and Asia, Georgia’s unique geographic position gives the country an incredibly diverse range of ecologies and topographies. In general, Georgia is very famous for its mountains and rightly so; bordering on Russia to the north is Georgia’s portion of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, full of tall snowy peaks and enormous glaciers. The largest mountain on Georgian territory is Mount Shkhara, standing at 5,068 above sea level and the second highest is Mount Janga (at 5,059 m. Most popular though, are the picturesque Mount Kazbek at (5,047 m) and Mt. Ushba (4,700 m) located outside of the town of Stepatsminda and in the north tip of the region of Svaneti respectively.
The Likhi Range cuts across the middle of the country, creating two distinct macro regions: West and East Georgia. The regions vary greatly in the different types of topography, with the lowlands of west Georgia full of swamps and marsh forests, to temperate rainforest with the east of Georgia containing large flowing plains and farm lands. In general, Georgia is a land of nature and forests, with consistent views of the mountains and peaks off in the distance and an abundance of rivers and lakes. West Georgia shares a coast line with the Black Sea, adding even more variation to the country’s already complex topography.
Possibly due to this diverse topography, the climate of Georgia varies greatly. Again, the weather is usually divided along the same east and western zones: West Georgia has a humid, subtropical climate for most of the year with some rainfall during the fall whereas East Georgia has a transitional climate, varying from subtropical to continental temperatures.
