{{Short description|Mountain range in Georgia}} {{more footnotes|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox mountain | image=Trialeti Range at khashuri district.jpg | image_caption=View of Trialeti Range at Khashuri district. | map=Samtskhe-Javakheti#Georgia | country={{flag|Georgia}} | region_type= | region=[[Samtskhe-Javakheti]], [[Kvemo Kartli]] | parent=[[Caucasus Mountains]] | borders_on= | length_km=144 | length_orientation= | width_km=30 | width_orientation= | highest=Shaviklde | elevation_m=2850 | coordinates = | range_coordinates = {{coord|41|45|00|N|43|49|50|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | geology= | age= | orogeny= | map_image= | map_caption= }} '''Trialeti Range''' ({{lang-ka|თრიალეთის ქედი}}) is an east-west mountain range of the [[Lesser Caucasus|Lesser Caucasus Mountains]] in the [[Samtskhe–Javakheti]] region of southern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref>[https://www.mindat.org/feature-611579.html Trialetskiy Khrebet, Georgia] [[Mindat.org]]</ref>

The eastern edge of the Range runs along the western border of [[Tbilisi]], while the western edge lies along River [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Mtkvari]] to the southwest of [[Borjomi]]. The length of the Trialeti Range is 144 kilometers and the maximum width is 30 kilometers. The mountain range was built up by volcanic activity during the [[Paleogene]] period. Young, [[andesite]] [[lava flows]] are common in the western part of the Range. The highest point is Mount Shaviklde (meaning "black cliff" in [[Georgian language|Georgian]]) at an elevation of 2,850 meters above sea level (9,348&nbsp;ft.). The slopes of the Range are mainly covered by [[deciduous]] forests made up of [[oak]], [[beech]], and [[hornbeam]]. The western parts of Trialeti are covered by [[coniferous]] and mixed forests made up of [[fir]], [[spruce]], [[pine]], [[beech]], and [[oak]].<ref>''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1984. Book 4. pp.&nbsp;699–700.</ref>

== Village Trialeti == Trialeti is also a village situated in the range, between [[Tsalka]] and [[Dmanisi]], at {{Coord|41|30|N|44|10|E|}}

==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Trialeti Range}}

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