Geography its nature and perspectives
REGION
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located in West Asia on the Armenian Highlands, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north. The Plateau itself is about 300,000 square kilometers of mountains, rivers, and fertile though rocky land (about the same size and terrain as New Mexico). It extends from the lower Caucasus Mountains in the East-Northeast to the Taurus Mountains in the South and West (a natural border between Armenia and Mesopotamia) to the mountains just below the Black Sea. The entire plateau was continuously inhabited by Ancestral Armenians and their descendants up until the early 20th century. The Republic of Armenia makes up 10% of this territory, but at its greatest extent in the 1st century BC, Armenia covered much of Asia Minor itself.
PLACE
Armenia is a very mountainous country, almost totally covered by the Lesser (or Little) Caucasus Mountains. The highest point is Mt. Aragats at 13,418 ft. (4,090m). Rivers flow fast down through the mountains, and although much of Armenia's land remains at or above 6,562 ft (2,000 m) at least 3% form the valleys of the Araks and Debet rivers. Lake Sevan is the largest lake and it sits 6,000 ft, (2,000 m) above sea level. Significant rivers include the Aras, Debet and Razdan.The Armenians are an Indo-European race made up of tribes that long inhabited the Armenian Plateau. It is probably impossible to accurately pinpoint the predominant ethnic make-up of the people. The "pure" Armenian is considered Aryan in features with blonde hair and blue eyes, though one would be hard-pressed to find more than a small percentage with these pure features within the population. Many have an olive to dark complexion, with black or brown hair and eyes.
Location
The latitude and longitude of Armenia is: 40° 0' 0" N / 45° 0' 0" E. Armenia has maintained a policy of complementarism by trying to have positive and friendly relations with Iran, Russia, and the West, including the United States and the European Union since its independence. It has full membership status in a number of international organizations and observer status, etc. in some others. However, the dispute over the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and the recent war over Nagorno–Karabakh have created tense relations with two of its immediate neighbors, Azerbaijan and Turkey.
MOVEMENT
This march became known as the Trail of Tears: an estimated 4,000 men, women, and children died during relocation. The Armenian Genocide resulted in the death of up to 1,500,000 people from 1915–1918.As a result of the Armenian Genocide, Armenians were forced to flee to different parts of the world (approximately half a million in number) and created new Armenian communities far from their native land. Through marriage and procreation, the number of Armenians in the diaspora who trace their lineage to those Armenians who survived and fled Western Armenia is now several million.The total Armenian population living worldwide is estimated to be 11,000,000.Of those, approximately 3 million live in Armenia, 130,000 in the de facto independent Artsakh and 120,000 in the region of Javakhk in neighboring Georgia. This leaves approximately 7,000,000 in diaspora (with the largest populations in Russia, the United States, France, Argentina, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Canada, Ukraine, Greece, and Australia).
HUMAN-ENVIROMENTAL INTERACTION
Armenia has been populated since prehistoric times, and has been proposed as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat, upon which Noah's Ark came to rest after the flood. (Gen. 8:4). Armenic Sumerian records written ca. 2,700 BC, tell us the story of the Great Flood and the rebirth of Life [the Tree of Life or the Garden [Partez - Paradise - the main motif in the Armenian-Hurrian Mitanni and Araratian reliefs] of Eden located in Armenia - the Land of Four Rivers. Archeologists continue to uncover evidence that Armenia and the Armenian Highlands was the earliest site of human civilization. Most of Armenia is forest where they adapt and build economy there. Some of the environment's trees are scarce due to Armenians building homes nearby. Some of the animals migrate for a certain amount of time before returning. Though the environment is struggling in Armenia, scientists and farmers are seeing a wide increase in rehabilitation.