Bakırçay River valley

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The Bakırçay River valley is a fertile river plain in western Turkey, historically significant as the landscape surrounding the ancient city of Pergamon.

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Surface form Occurrences
Bergama River valley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
ancientLanguage Greek (historical inscriptions)
ancientNameOfRiver Caicus NERFINISHED
archaeologicalRegion Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape NERFINISHED
associatedWithAncientCity Pergamon NERFINISHED
associatedWithAncientRegion Mysia NERFINISHED
boundedBy mountain ranges of western Anatolia
climate Mediterranean climate
contains Bergama NERFINISHED
Dikili Plain NERFINISHED
Pergamon NERFINISHED
country Turkey
drainsInto Aegean Sea NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic alluvial soil
fertile plain
hasEconomicActivity cotton farming
crop cultivation
olive growing
tobacco farming
vegetable farming
hasLandUse farmland
orchards
pastureland
hasSettlement Bergama NERFINISHED
Kınık NERFINISHED
Soma NERFINISHED
historicalImportance Byzantine period NERFINISHED
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Roman period
historicallySurrounds Pergamon NERFINISHED
knownInAntiquityAs Caicus valley NERFINISHED
language Turkish (modern population)
locatedIn Aegean Region NERFINISHED
Manisa Province NERFINISHED
western Turkey NERFINISHED
İzmir Province NERFINISHED
near Gulf of Çandarlı NERFINISHED
partOf Aegean river basins NERFINISHED
recognizedBy UNESCO World Heritage List (via Pergamon) NERFINISHED
regionType agricultural region
river Bakırçay River NERFINISHED
supports irrigated agriculture
rural communities
topography broad alluvial plain
usedFor agriculture
waterSource Bakırçay River and tributaries

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Bergama locatedOn Bakırçay River valley
this entity surface form: Bergama River valley
acropolis of Pergamon overlooks Bakırçay River valley
subject surface form: Acropolis of Pergamon