Hevsel Gardens

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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.

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Label Occurrences
Hevsel Gardens canonical 5

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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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Diyarbakır → hasPart → Hevsel Gardens ⓘ
Diyarbakır city walls → associatedWith → Hevsel Gardens ⓘ
Sur district → hasNearbySite → Hevsel Gardens ⓘ
Amed → hasFeature → Hevsel Gardens ⓘ