Melendiz Mountains

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The Melendiz Mountains are a volcanic mountain range in central Turkey that helped shape the unique landscapes of the Cappadocia region.

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Label Occurrences
Melendiz Mountains canonical 2
Melendiz Dağı 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mountain range
river
volcanic mountain range
climate continental climate
continent Asia
contributedToFormationOf Cappadocia tuff landscapes
Ihlara Valley
surface form: Ihlara Valley canyon
country Turkey
drainageBasin Kızılırmak Basin
surface form: Kızılırmak River basin
elevation 2963 metres
9721 feet
geologicalOrigin volcanic activity
geologicalPeriod Neogene
hasGeologicalFeature eroded volcanic cones
lava domes
pyroclastic deposits
hasHighestPoint Melendiz Mountains self-linksurface differs
surface form: Melendiz Dağı
hasRiverSource Melendiz River
hasVegetation alpine meadows
steppe vegetation
languageOfToponym Turkish
locatedIn Cappadocia
Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia

Niğde
surface form: Niğde Province

Turkey
locatedNear Aksaray Province
Derinkuyu
Göllü Dağ
Hasan Dağı
Ihlara Valley
Niğde
surface form: Niğde Province
nearbySettlement Aksaray
Güzelyurt
Niğde
Çiftlik
partOf Anatolian Plateau
Central Anatolia Region
Melendiz Mountains self-linksurface differs
rockType ignimbrite
tuff
usedFor hiking
mountaineering
nature tourism
volcanicField Cappadocia
surface form: Cappadocia volcanic province

Referenced by (3)

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

Cappadocia hasVolcano Melendiz Mountains
Melendiz Mountains hasHighestPoint Melendiz Mountains self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Melendiz Dağı
Melendiz Mountains partOf Melendiz Mountains self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Melendiz Dağı