Harmankaya Canyon Nature Park ( tr, Harmankaya Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı) is a

canyon A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...

Bilecik Province Bilecik Province ( tr, ) is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa to the west, Kocaeli and Sakarya to the north, Bolu to the east, Eskişehir to the southeast and Kütahya to the south, spanning an area of 4,307 km2. The populat ...

, western Turkey, which was declared a

nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...

. The canyon is located between Karahasanlar village in Yenipazar district and Harmanköy village in

İnhisar İnhisar is a town and district of Bilecik Province in the Marmara region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the ...

of Bilecik. Its distance to Karahasanlar village is and to Harmanköy about . The canyon's northern entrance is at an elevation of , the southern entrance is at while the elevation in the canyon mid measures about . It is about long, and its entrance is around wide. The canyon cliffs are high. There are two waterfalls of about height, and many others of height. The area covering was declared as the country's 184th

by the

Ministry of Environment and Forest The ''Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change'' ( bn, পরিবেশ, বন ও জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Paribēś, bana o jalabayou paribarton mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ...

on December 26, 2012. The vegetation of the nature park consists of low trees and shrubs like

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

(''Quercus''),

juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ...

(''Juniperus''),

rowan The rowans ( or ) or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus ''Sorbus ''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' (''s.l.'') are commonly known as whitebeam, r ...

(''Sorbus''), terebinth ('' Pistacia terebinthus''),

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist s ...

(''Salix,'') and blackthorn ('' Prunus spinosa'').

References

Canyons and gorges of Turkey Landforms of Bilecik Province Nature parks in Turkey Protected areas established in 2012 2012 establishments in Turkey Tourist attractions in Bilecik Province Yenipazar District, Bilecik İnhisar District {{commons