The Tsalka Plateau (Georgian: წალკის ქვაბული) is a volcanic plateau in central Georgia, in the upper reaches of the Khrami River, roughly corresponding to the territory of the Tsalka Municipality and a small portion of the adjacent Borjomi Municipality.

[1] The Tsalka Plateau is located at the altitude of 1500 to 1700 metres and occupies 398.3 square kilometres in total.

1500 BC, the land today represents mainly ancient dolomitic lava and is largely infertile.

[4] Before the Soviet Union, crop growing on the plateau was hindered by severe weather conditions, hail and field mice, which is why animal husbandry and beekeeping were more preferred forms of agriculture.

[5] The Tsalka plateau is home to the ancient Trialeti culture, with tumuli dating back to the second millennium BC, discovered in the 1930s.