Kopet Dag

E332078

Kopet Dag is a mountain range in Central Asia forming a natural border between northeastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kopet Dag canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
biodiversity habitat for semi-desert flora
habitat for steppe fauna
climate semi-arid
continent Asia
country Iran
Turkmenistan
countryBorderType natural border
countrySubdivision Ahal Region
North Khorasan Province
Razavi Khorasan Province
formsBorderBetween Iran
Turkmenistan
geologicalEra Cenozoic
Mesozoic Era
surface form: Mesozoic
geologicalFeature fold-and-thrust belt
hasEconomicActivity dryland farming
pastoralism
hasLandform foothills
intermontane valleys
steep slopes
hasNaturalResource construction stone
hydrocarbons in adjacent foreland basin
hasProtectedArea Golestan-type protected areas in adjacent Iran
Kopet Dag Nature Reserve
surface form: Kopet Dag Nature Reserve (Turkmenistan)
highestPoint Kuh-e Quchan region
Mount Rizeh
locatedIn Central Asia
northeastern Iran
southern Turkmenistan
nearCity Ashgabat
Bojnurd
Quchan
orientation northwest–southeast
partOf Elburz Mountains
surface form: Alborz–Kopet Dag mountain system

Iranian mountain systems
Turkmenistan mountain systems
riverSourceRegion Atrek River
surface form: Atrek River basin

Sumbar River basin
runsParallelTo southern border of Turkmenistan with Iran
separates Caspian lowlands from Iranian Plateau
tectonicSetting collision zone between Eurasian Plate and Iranian microplates
usedFor grazing
limited agriculture
vegetation shrubland
steppe

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Iranian plateau borderedBy Kopet Dag