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Kackar Mountains

Kaçkar mountains (Kaçkar Daðlarý in Turkish) or simply Kaçkar(s) are a mountain range rising above along the Black Sea coast in Eastern Turkey. With highest peak Kaçkar Daðý (elevation 3937 metres), and mountain plateaus at about 3000 metres in elevation, it is the highest part of Pontic Mountains. The Kaçkars are glaciated mountains, alpine in character, with steep rocky peaks and numerous mountain lakes.
The name Kaçkar ( Armenian literally meaning "cross stone") may be used in various senses. It may describe the whole mountain range, including the many mountain groups, or it may just describe the Kaçkar-Kavron group with its highest peak, or just the highest peak itself. On the south and east, the Kaçkar mountains are bordered by the Çoruh river valley; on the north, by the Black Sea coast
Please check also pictures about Kackar in my Rize travelogue..

Rize meadows

Rize meadows can give us an idea about the tons of the green color.
In my opinion they can be comparfe easily with the green meadows of switzerland