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Relief of Western, Central, and Southeastern Taurus Mountains. The Western Taurus Mountains form an arc around the Gulf of Antalya. It includes the Akdağlar, Bey Mountains, Katrancık Mountain, Kuyucak Mountains, and Geyik Mountains. The East Taşeli Plateau and Goksu River divide it from the Central Taurus Mountains. It has many peaks rising ...
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 Tahtalı Mountain Range (Turkish: Tahtalı Dağları) are located in the Central Anatolian area of Turkey. It lies in the middle of the Taurus Mountains , mostly between the provinces of Kayseri , Adana , with smaller areas within the provinces of Sivas and Kahramanmaraş .
The northwestern Iranian plateau, where the Pontic and Taurus Mountains converge, is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate, and greater precipitation than are found on the Anatolian sub-plateau. The region is known as the Anti-Taurus, and the average elevation of its peaks exceeds 3,000 m (9,800 ft).
The area pertaining to the hilly flanks is predominantly characterised as the foothills of the Zagros Mountains.Intercepting through the modern-day borders of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, the region spans over 1000 miles from the lower central area of the Turkish peninsula, curling around the northern sector of the Tigris river, then running along the foothills of the Zagros Mountain range.
The Cilician Gates or Gülek Pass is a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River. Its highest elevation is about 1000m. [2]
Map depicting Syria as the land ranging from the Taurus Mountains to the Sinai Peninsula to the Euphrates, but not including Upper Mesopotamia In the most common historical sense, 'Syria' refers to the entire northern Levant , including Alexandretta and the Ancient City of Antioch or in an extended sense the entire Levant as far south as Roman ...
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