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The Kopet Dag Range is a region characterized by foothills, dry and sandy slopes, mountain plateaus, and steep ravines. The Kopet Dag is undergoing tectonic transformation, and is subject to severe earthquakes. Earthquakes exceeding seven on the
Richter scale have been recorded.
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There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the well-watered northern foothills of the Kopet Dag during the
Neolithic period. This region is dotted with the multi-period hallmarks characteristic of the ancient Near East, similar to those southwest of the Kopet Dag in the
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originates from the
Turkmen language where "köp" means "a lot" or "many" and the word "dag" means "mountain" or "peak". He thus translated Köpetdag as "Many mountains (peaks)". He and others noted that in Persian
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could be defined as "the mountain that is piled or heaped" and therefore the words could mean "piled or hilly mountains" or "low hills" in general. Ataniyazov, however, rejects those hypotheses:
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towards the
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and stands at 2,940 metres (9,646 ft). The highest
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means "mountain" in Turkic. Thus, a second conjecture held that the
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109:Native name
747:Categories
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599:References
480:ski resort
466:Ski resort
405:Topography
383:Tethys Sea
287:Kopet Dagh
203:Kopet Dagh
112:Köpetdag;
91:Dimensions
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261:Etymology
199:Köpet Dag
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141:Countries
122:Geography
82:Elevation
33:Kopet Dag
707:Archived
692:CBS News
587:See also
458:city of
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375:Pliocene
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367:Jurassic
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215:Köpetdag
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371:Miocene
338:Geology
303:kuhibet
266:Vambery
243:Harirud
223:کپهداغ
219:Persian
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115:کپهداغ
57:Bereket
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160:38°4′N
104:Naming
96:Length
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