Anatolian Plateau

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geographical region plateau

The Anatolian Plateau is a high, semi-arid central region of modern-day Turkey, forming the core of Anatolia and serving as a historical crossroads between Europe and Asia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Anatolian Plateau canonical 5
Anatolian plateau 4
Central Anatolian Plateau 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
averageElevation approximately 900–1500 metres above sea level ⓘ
borderedBy Aegean coastal region of Turkey ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taurus Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
climateCharacteristic cold snowy winters ⓘ
hot dry summers ⓘ
containsArchaeologicalSite Alacahöyük NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hattusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Çatalhöyük NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity Ankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eskişehir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kayseri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Konya NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsRegion Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dominantLandUse dry farming ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
drainedByRiver Kızılırmak River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sakarya River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yeşilırmak River NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsCoreOf Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
geology largely composed of sedimentary and volcanic rocks ⓘ
hasBeenInhabitedSince Neolithic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestElevationApprox over 2000 metres above sea level in places ⓘ
historicalRole core region of ancient Anatolian civilizations ⓘ
crossroads between Europe and Asia ⓘ
languageMajority Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
partOf Anatolian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting influenced by collision of Eurasian Plate and Arabian Plate ⓘ
on the Anatolian Plate ⓘ
timeZone UTC+3 (Turkey Time) ⓘ
typicalCrops barley ⓘ
chickpeas ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
vegetationType steppe ⓘ
wasCenterOf Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasImportantIn Ottoman period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seljuk period NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Al-Jazira region → borderedBy → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
Melendiz Mountains → partOf → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
Niğde → isLocatedOn → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian plateau
salt lake Tuz Gölü → partOf → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Tuz Gölü
this entity surface form: Central Anatolian Plateau
Lake Tuz → locatedIn → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
Yozgat → locatedOn → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
Altındağ → locatedOn → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian plateau
Çankırı → locatedOn → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian plateau
Keçiören → locatedOn → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Anatolian Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian plateau