Mount Treament Photo: Mount Treament

Mount treament located in the center of the Caucasus (Stavropol region) between Nevinnomyssk city and Stavropol, is the highest mountain of the Russian plain. The height of the peak is 831 m above sea level. According to historians, its name the mountain received from the fortress, which was founded on top of a mountain in 1794, and was rather a strange name Retranchement, translated from French as "strengthening". The locals didn't cope with the French pronunciation and renamed the mountain, giving it the name "treament".

Mount treament is composed of Paleogene and Neogene clays, at the very top is covered by sand and limestone srednekamennogo period. Around the upper edge of the plateau overhanging ledges of limestone that form niches and caves, and below - a chaotic jumble of limestone boulders, formed after the collapse of the eaves. On the Northern slope of the mountain is one such place was called "chaos Stone" and is a natural monument of regional significance. There are stone labyrinths, caves, constituting a single natural complex.

Mount treament together with his spur and mount with its never-sleeping is a huge array, forcing the river Kuban to make any sudden sharp turn to the West. The centuries-long work of the river has led to the fact that the mountain treament breaking to the Kuban valley very steep cliffs and slopes.

The upper part of the mountain - a vast treeless plateau, which forked a deep valley of the river Ternosky. A huge number of sources located closer to the top of the mountain, consisting of limestone, lead to its destruction. In the valley of Ternosky focused forest, presents centuries-old beeches. Many plants that grow on the mountain, are very rare, so they were listed in the Red book. A fairly diverse fauna.

Mount treament is the clean mountain air, wonderful landscapes, ancient forest, a huge number of amazing caves, rocks, springs and caves, which attract many tourists and make this place truly amazing.

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Mount Treament
State natural reserve "Lousy lake"