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Oylat Cave
Oylat Cave ( tr, Oylat Mağarası) is a show cave in Bursa Province, northwestern Turkey. Location and access The cave is located south of Hilmiye, İnegöl, Hilmiye village and southeast of İnegöl town in Bursa Province. It is accessible from İnegöl on the state road to Ankara European route E90, E90 southwards, then taking İnegöl-Tavşanlı route until Gündüzlü, İnegöl, Gündüzlü village exit, thenafter changing to the provincial road at the junction marked "Oylat Thermal Spring Resort" and passing through Hilmiye village. Characteristics Oylat Cave was formed on a significant, east-west oriented Fault (geology), fault line in the marble formation dating back to around 3 Megaannum, Ma. It is situated at the end of the Oylat Creek Canyon in a terrain of the Pliocene period. Fossils have been found in the cave. The cave's main entrance is above the canyon floor, where at this place the canyon walls rise up high. There exist three more entrances high above the ...
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Hilmiye, İnegöl
Hilmiye is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İnegöl, Bursa Province Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the nor ... in Turkey. Its population is 354 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in İnegöl District {{Bursa-geo-stub ...
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Stalagmite
A stalagmite (, ; from the Greek , from , "dropping, trickling") is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings. Stalagmites are typically composed of calcium carbonate, but may consist of lava, mud, peat, pitch, sand, sinter, and amberat (crystallized urine of pack rats). The corresponding formation hanging down from the ceiling of a cave is a stalactite. Mnemonics have been developed for which word refers to which type of formation; one is that ''stalactite'' has a C for "ceiling", and ''stalagmite'' has a G for "ground", another is that, as with ants in the pants, the mites go up and the tights (tites) come down. Formation and type Limestone stalagmites The most common stalagmites are speleothems, which usually form in limestone caves. Stalagmite formation occurs only under certain pH conditions within the cavern. They form through deposition of calcium carbonate ...
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Tourist Attractions In Bursa Province
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring (other), touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tour (other), tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Tourism numbers declined as a result of a strong economic slowdown (the late-2000s recession) between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and in consequence of t ...
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