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{{Short description|Subregion in Eastern EuropeEurasia}}
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The '''North Caucasus''',{{efn|({{lang-ady|Темыр Къафкъас|Temır Qafqas}}; {{lang-av|Хьундасеб Кавказ}}; {{lang-krc|Шимал Кавказ|Şimal Kavkaz}}; {{lang-ce|Къилбаседа Кавказ|Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz}}; {{lang-inh|Даькъасте|Däq̇aste}}; {{lang-kbd|Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз|İṩxhərə Qauqaz}}; {{lang-os|Цӕгат Кавказ|Cægat Kavkaz}}; {{lang-ru|Северный Кавказ|r=Severnyy Kavkaz|p=ˈsʲevʲɪrnɨj kɐfˈkas}})}} or '''Ciscaucasia''',{{efn|{{lang-ru|Предкавказье|Predkavkazye}}; Also translated as '''Ciscaucasus''' or '''Forecaucasus'''}} is a region in [[EuropeEurasia]]{{efn|name="EuropeEurasia"|The northern part of the Caucasus is widely considered to be a part of the European continent, as it sits north the [[Greater Caucasus]] watershed.<ref>18th-century definitions drew the boundary north of the Caucasus, across the [[Kuma–Manych Depression]]. This definition remained in use in the Soviet Union during the 20th century.
In western literature, the continental boundary has been drawn along the Caucasus watershed since at least the mid-19th century.
See e.g. Baron von Haxthausen, "Transcaucasia" (1854); review [https://books.google.com/books?id=SN0EAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22watershed+of+the+Caucasus%22&pg=PA140 Dublin university magazine]