Pontic Mountains

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geographical feature mountain mountain range

The Pontic Mountains are a rugged mountain range in northern Turkey running parallel to the Black Sea coast, known for their dense forests, high peaks, and role as a climatic barrier.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pontic Mountains canonical 10
Doğu Karadeniz Dağları 1
Kaçkar Mountains 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pontic Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Doğu Karadeniz Dağları

Pontic Alps ⓘ
biodiversity high ⓘ
climateOnLeewardSide drier continental ⓘ
climateOnSeawardSide humid and rainy ⓘ
climaticRole forms climatic barrier between Black Sea and interior Anatolia ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
countrySubdivision Artvin Province ⓘ
Giresun Province ⓘ
Ordu Province ⓘ
Rize Province ⓘ
Samsun Province ⓘ
Trabzon Province ⓘ
ecoregion Euxine–Colchic broadleaf forests ⓘ
elevation 3937 m ⓘ
geologicalOrigin Alpine orogeny ⓘ
geology composed of sedimentary rocks ⓘ
composed of volcanic rocks ⓘ
fold and thrust belt ⓘ
hasGlaciers Kaçkar Mountains ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Kaçkar Dağı ⓘ
hasSnowCover winter ⓘ
hasSubrange Canik Mountains ⓘ
Giresun Mountains ⓘ
Giresun Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Ilgaz Mountains

Kaçkar Mountains ⓘ
Küre Mountains ⓘ
historicalRegion Pontus ⓘ
hydrologicalRole source of many short rivers flowing into the Black Sea ⓘ
languageOfName Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Turkey ⓘ
nearbyCity Giresun ⓘ
Rize Province ⓘ
surface form: Rize

Samsun ⓘ
Trabzon ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
partOf Northern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Northern Anatolia
passes Kop Pass ⓘ
Zigana Pass ⓘ
region Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea Region of Turkey
runsParallelTo Black Sea coast ⓘ
separates Black Sea coastal region ⓘ
Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Central Anatolian Plateau
usedFor forestry ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
vegetation coniferous forests ⓘ
dense forests ⓘ
temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenian Highlands → borderedBy → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
eastern Turkey → containsMountain → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Turkey
this entity surface form: Kaçkar Mountains
Pontus → hasMountainRange → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Anatolia → northernBoundary → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Asian Turkey → containsSite → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Pontic Mountains → alsoKnownAs → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doğu Karadeniz Dağları
Romeyka → spokenInRegion → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Sumela Monastery (nearby) → locatedIn → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Sumela Monastery
Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey → mountainRange → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Erzincan Province → hasMountainRange → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Trabzon Province → locatedOn → Pontic Mountains ⓘ
Trapezus → near → Pontic Mountains ⓘ