Turkey has a diverse geography due to its location between Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean Sea. It has coastlines along the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas. The landscape includes forests, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, caves, and mountain ranges. Some of Turkey's most notable natural attractions include Pamukkale's hot springs and travertine terraces, Cappadocia's unique rock formations, Ayder Plateau's waterfalls and scenery, Uludag Mountain's skiing and hiking, and the Turkish Riviera coastline popular for tourism. Turkey is also home to over 3,000 endemic plant species.

1. NATURE IN TURKEY
• Turkey is a peninsula surrounded by the Mediterrenean
Sea, the Eagean Sea and the Black Sea. It also has an
inland sea. ( the Sea of Marmara )
• It is a young country jeologically. However, it has wide
range of land forms.
• The height is rising form west to the east.

2. • It has rich forests especially in the north and in the south.
• It has many lakes. The biggest one is The Lake Van with
small islands on it.

3. • It has many rivers. You can do rafting on some of them.
• The dams on these rivers are also important for producing
electricity of the counrty and irrigation of farm products.
• There are also many waterfalls such as Düden and
Manavgat.
• Caves are another natural beauty of the counrty.
• There are huge stalactites, stalagmites and columns in these
caves. Some of them are open to health tourism for
asthmatic people.

4. Manavgat and Düden
Waterfalls Damlataş and Karaca Caves

5. PAMUKKALE
• Pamukkale; meaning ‘cotton castle’ in Turkish,
is a natural site in the southwestern Turkey.
• It contains hot springs and travetines, terraces of carbonate
minerals left by the flowing water.
• It is in the Inner Aegean Sea Region which has a temperate
climate for most of the year.

6. CAPPODOCIA
• It is a historical region in the Central Anatolia (Turkey) .
• The region was characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique
historical and cultural heritage.
• It was also home to Christian philosophy from the 4th century
to the Byzantine time.

7. AYDER PLATEAU
• It is in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region and 1350
metres.
• It is one of the touristic destination.
• Tourists can enjoy beautiful views of waterfalls, plateau
houses, flowery hills and taste the special honey to the region
there.

8. ULUDAĞ
• In Turkish, Uludag means "Sublime Mountain“.
• It is a mountain in Bursa Province ofTurkey with an
altitude of 2,543 m.
• It is a popular center for winter sports such as skiing, and
a national park of rich flora and fauna. Summer activities,
such as trekking and camping, also are popular.

9. • The Turkish Riviera is a term to define the provinces
that have a favorable climate, warm sea, more than a
thousand kilometers of shoreline along the
Aegean and Mediterranean waters.
• Abundant natural and archeological points of interest
makes this part of Turkey's coastline a popular
national and international tourist destination.
• The Turkish Riviera is also the home for the
internationally-known Blue Voyage.
TURKISH RIVIERA

11. Fethiye Ölüdeniz is a popular tourist
destination for paragliding.

12. ENDEMIC PLANTS
• As you know endemic means ‘peculiar to a particular
area or region; not found in other places’.
• Turkey has 3.000 endemic plants. Here are some of
them.
• Turkish sweetgum: It includes sweetgum oils.

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