Taurus Mountains

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mountain pass mountain range

The Taurus Mountains are a major mountain range in southern Turkey, forming a rugged barrier between the Mediterranean coast and the central Anatolian plateau and serving as the headwaters for several important rivers.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cilician Gates	0
Demirkazık Peak	0
Eastern Taurus	1
Western Taurus	1
Central Taurus	0
Toros Dağları	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate on southern slopes ⓘ continental climate on northern slopes ⓘ
contains	deep valleys ⓘ karst landscapes ⓘ limestone plateaus ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
drainageDivideFor	Central Anatolian closed basins ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Sea basin
economicActivity	forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
elevation	3756 m ⓘ
elevationMax	approximately 3750 m ⓘ
extendsFrom	Lake Eğirdir region ⓘ
extendsTo	Iraqi border region ⓘ Upper reaches of the Euphrates River ⓘ
formsBarrierBetween	Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Central Anatolian Plateau Mediterranean Region of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean coast of Turkey
geologicalPeriod	Cenozoic ⓘ Mesozoic ⓘ
hasSubrange	Central Taurus ⓘ Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Taurus Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Taurus
highestPoint	Demirkazık Peak ⓘ
languageRegion	Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn	Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ southern Turkey ⓘ
nameInTurkish	Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Toros Dağları
nearbyCity	Adana ⓘ Antalya ⓘ Kayseri ⓘ Mersin Province ⓘ surface form: Mersin
orogenyType	fold and thrust belt ⓘ
partOf	Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ surface form: Alpide belt
passesInclude	Cilician Gates ⓘ
region	Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Central Anatolia Region of Turkey Mediterranean Region of Turkey ⓘ
sourceOfRiver	Seyhan River ⓘ surface form: Ceyhan River Euphrates River tributaries ⓘ Göksu River ⓘ Seyhan River ⓘ
usedSince	antiquity as a trade route barrier ⓘ
vegetation	coniferous forests ⓘ maquis shrubland ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Arabian Plate → associatedWith → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Mediterranean Basin → borderedBy → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Pamphylia → borderedBy → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → containsMountainRange → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Lycia → hasGeographicalFeature → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Kurdistan → hasMountainRange → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Mediterranean Region of Turkey → hasMountainRange → Taurus Mountains ⓘ

Taurus Mountains → hasSubrange → Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Taurus

Taurus Mountains → hasSubrange → Taurus Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Taurus

Karaalioglu Park → hasViewOf → Taurus Mountains ⓘ