Karçalmountain glaciers (Artvin-Turkey)

EasternBlackseaMountainswhich are eastern part of North Anatolian Mountains are one of the places where the Pleistocene glaciations took place heavily. There are major glaciations on the northern hillside and on the places with the height of over 2500 m of thesemountainsthat has manypeaksthatarehigherthan 3500m andbesidesthehighestpeak Kaçkar (3932m). Thenorthernhillside of themajorpeakscalled Kaçkar, Üçdoruk, Dilek, Göller ve Bulut-Altıparmak of North Anatolian Mountains are major places where the impact of glaciations could be recognized. Unlike these peaks of North Anatolian Mountains, theretookplacemajorglaciations on theplaceswhich, has lowerheightsthan 2500 and is consideredlessimpactedrelatively by glaciations, based on the differences of local conditions. KarçalMountains (3431m) withthePleistoceneglacialvalleysthatprovethe glaciations and various glacial shapes and glacial lakes have partly debris covered glaciations which are still recognizable.