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TO ERIVAN 121
of Takhtialu (Takjaltu Dagh), 2,563 metres high, opposite the
place where the Arpa-chai flows into the Arax.
In the east and north-east, behind Erivan, the plain is
hemmed in by high mountains, stretching in a curve from the
Arax east of Ararat towards the north and north-west. In
the region between Erivan and Lake Sevan the mountains
form the high plateau of Akhmangan, with a number of peaks
up to 3,600 metres (Akh Dagh) in height. Then, to the north
east of Erivan, they sink towards the river Zanga, which
comes from Lake Sevan, untilthey are lower than 2,000 metres
(the levelof the lake being 1,925 metres) ; but on the other side
of this river valley they rise again to an undulating moun
tainous region, Darachichak and the Pambak Mountains,
with peaks as high as 3,100 metres (Maimakh Dagh) and 3,109
metres (Sheikh Akhmet Dagh), stretching in a north-westeryl
direction to a point east of Leninakan (Alexandropol), and
continuing towards the north.
In front of these more or less continuous mountains, and
quite apart from them, stands the volcano Alagoz, raising its
mighty bulk of lava high above all the mountains behind.
With its even slopes stretching far out on every side it
completely dominates the northern part of the Arax plain.
This plain is bounded on the west by the mountainous country
of Shuragel, with the Arpa-chai on the other side. Here the
volcanic peaks reach the height of 2,961 metres (Jagluja Dagh)
and 2,691 metres (Alaja Dagh, west of Ani).
The snow-line on the south slope of Ararat is about 3,700
metres above sea-level ; this and Alagoz are the only moun
tains in the region which are capped with permanent snow
all the summer.
From west to east the plain of the Arax Valley is nearly
100 kilometres long, and its breadth from north to south may
be put at 40 or 50 kilometres ; it is difficult, however, to know
exactly where the plain ends and the gradual, at first almost
imperceptible, rise of the volcanic slopes on each side begins.
Not long ago, geologically speaking, the lower portions of
this plain were covered by a wide lake formed by the Arax,
which emptied when the river cut its bed deeper in the
mountains closing the outlet of the lake at its south-eastern
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