Abstract

Morphostructural analysis of the NW Caucasus is fulfilled from the position of the plate tectonics. The regions of concordant and inverse relief are determined. The hierarchy of morphostructures is represented by regionahzation suggested. The main orographic units have heterogenic character; the role of the transversal faults in their formation is shown. Some of the faults bound the whole mountain system.

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