Hevsel Gardens
E345640
Hevsel Gardens is a historic agricultural landscape along the Tigris River in southeastern Turkey, renowned for its fertile terraces and inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage listing with the Diyarbakır Fortress.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hevsel Gardens canonical | 5 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ historic agricultural landscape ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Diyarbakır ⓘ |
| bufferZoneFor |
Diyarbakır city walls
ⓘ
surface form:
Diyarbakır Fortress
|
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| hasApproximateArea | about 700 hectares ⓘ |
| hasConservationIssues |
urban encroachment
ⓘ
water management challenges ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | semi-arid climate with irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFunction | food supply area for Diyarbakır ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriodOfUse | antiquity to present ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeType | riverine terraces ⓘ |
| hasTerraces | fertile river terraces ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalPractices |
small-scale farming
ⓘ
traditional irrigation ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOSiteId | 1488 ⓘ |
| hasVegetationType |
market gardens
ⓘ
orchards ⓘ |
| isComponentOf |
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
ⓘ
surface form:
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens World Heritage property
|
| isImportantFor |
regional food security
ⓘ
urban–rural interaction around Diyarbakır ⓘ |
| isNear | Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fertile soils
ⓘ
historic irrigation systems ⓘ long-standing agricultural use ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Diyarbakır city walls
ⓘ
Tigris ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River
|
| locatedIn | Diyarbakır ⓘ |
| locatedInBasin | Upper Tigris basin ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Southeastern Anatolia Region
ⓘ
surface form:
southeastern Turkey
|
| locatedOnRiver |
Tigris
ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River
|
| partOf | Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalLandscape | Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Turkey
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Turkey
UNESCO ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iv)
ⓘ
(v) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2015 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fruit cultivation
ⓘ
grain cultivation ⓘ vegetable cultivation ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.