Aq Qaya, the Glossary
Aq Qaya (Aq Qaya, Ак-Кая, Белая скала) — is a rock in Crimea, situated near the village of Belaya Skala/Ak-Kaya of the Bilohirsk Raion.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Bilohirsk, Bilohirsk Raion, Chalk, Crimea, Crimean Tatar language, Erosion, Limestone, Paleogene, Sandstone.
- Crimean Mountains
Bilohirsk
Bilohirsk (until 1944 – Karasubazar, Білогірськ; translit, Qarasuvbazar/Къарасувбазар) is a city and the administrative centre of Bilohirsk Raion, one of the raions (districts) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is recognised by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine, but is occupied by Russia.
Bilohirsk Raion
Bilohirsk Raion is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently occupied by Russian Federation.
See Aq Qaya and Bilohirsk Raion
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.
Crimea
Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.
Crimean Tatar language
Crimean Tatar, also called Crimean, is a moribund Kipchak Turkic language spoken in Crimea and the Crimean Tatar diasporas of Uzbekistan, Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as small communities in the United States and Canada.
See Aq Qaya and Crimean Tatar language
Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Paleogene
The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.
Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
See also
Crimean Mountains
- Ai-Petri
- Aq Qaya
- Ay Petri yayla
- Ayu-Dag
- Chatyr-Dag
- Crimean Mountain karst
- Crimean Mountains
- Demir-Kapu
- Demirci yayla
- Grand Canyon (Crimea)
- Kara Dag Mountain
- Mount Kosh-Kaya
- Opuk (mountain)
- Otlu Qaya
- Perchem
- Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz on the Ayu-Dag Cliff
- Qarabiy yayla
- Roman-Kosh
- Tepe-Kermen
- Yuke-Tepe
- Zeytin-Kosh
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aq_Qaya
Also known as Ak-Kaya.