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Anatolian plateau in winter from air. The Anatolian plateau (Turkish: Anadolu Platosu) is a plateau that occupies most of Turkey's surface area. [1] [2] The elevation of the plateau ranges from 600 metres (2,000 ft) in the west to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). [citation needed] Mount Erciyes near Kayseri, is the highest elevation at 3,917 metres ...
The Anatolian sub-plate [1] [2] is a continental tectonic plate that is separated from the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate by the North Anatolian Fault and the East Anatolian Fault respectively. Most of the country of Turkey is located on the Anatolian plate. [ 3 ]
Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey.It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits and the Sea of Marmara to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north.
Taurus Mountains range across southern Turkey between the coast and the Anatolian Plateau. Subranges include Akdağlar (or White Mountains) are in the south-western; Beydağlar (or Bey Mountains) Tahtalı Mountain Range south west Anatolia; Anti-Taurus Mountains (Aladağlar) are in southern and eastern Turkey
The Anatolian Biogeographic Region covers the interior and east of Anatolia, and excludes the coastal areas along the Black Sea and Mediterranean.It includes the central Anatolian Plateau, the Pontic and Taurus mountains and northern Mesopotamia.
The Central Anatolia region (Turkish: İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey.The largest city in the region is Ankara, the capital of Turkey.Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, Aksaray and Kırşehir.
The largest plateau in the region is Erzurum-Kars Plato. The region includes the Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Muş plains and the Van Lake basin. The largest plain in the region is the Iğdır Plain. The second largest plain is the Muş Plain. [17]
To the west is the Anatolian plateau, which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian highlands to the east of Cappadocia. The Caucasus extends to the northeast of the Armenian highlands, with the Kura river forming its eastern boundary in the Kura-Aras lowlands.