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Mount Göztepe (), is a mountain of 2594 meters high that naturally determines the border of
Mount Göztepe located south of the Akdoğan Mountain range and in the north of Bilican mountains.
Göztepe Mountain is connected to the foot of the Akdoğan Mountains after a large depression extending from southwest to northeast. It is one of the highest mountains of
Varto
Varto (; or , ''Varto'') is a town in Muş Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Varto District.Bulanık
Bulanık, formerly Gop or Kop (; ), is a town in Muş Province, in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. It is the seat of Bulanık District.Muş
Muş (; ; ) is a city in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Muş Province and Muş District.İl Beled ...
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Geology and geomorphology
Mount Göztepe located south of the Akdoğan Mountain range and in the north of Bilican mountains.
Göztepe Mountain is connected to the foot of the Akdoğan Mountains after a large depression extending from southwest to northeast. It is one of the highest mountains of Muş
Muş (; ; ) is a city in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Muş Province and Muş District.İl Beled ...
province. There are more than 20 villages at the foot of the mountain. Due to the similarity of the typical Armenian plateaus, it is very similar in terms of height, valley and shape to Mount Ara in Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...
.Flora
The main plant species in the Mount Göztepe are ToxicFerula
''Ferula'' (from Latin ''ferula'' ) is a genus of about 220 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates. Many plants of this genus, especially '' F ...
and non-toxic Ferula, Rheum ribes
''Rheum ribes'', the Syrian rhubarb or currant-fruited rhubarb, or warty-leaved rhubarb, is an edible wild rhubarb species in the genus ''Rheum''. It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stones and slopes, and is now distributed ...
, Gundelia
''Gundelia'' or tumble thistle is a low to high (20–100 cm) thistle-like Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plant with latex, spiny compound inflorescences, reminiscent of teasles and eryngos, that contain cream, yellow, greenish, pink, ...
, Sorrel
Sorrel (''Rumex acetosa''), also called common sorrel or garden sorrel, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock ("dock" being a common name for the genus ''Ru ...
, Arum maculatum
''Arum maculatum'', commonly known as cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit and other names (see common names), is a woodland flowering plant species in the family Araceae. It is native across most of Europe, as well as Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. ...
, Asphodelus
''Asphodelus'' is a genus of mainly perennial flowering plants in the asphodel family Asphodelaceae that was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus was formerly included in the lily family (Liliaceae). The genus is native to temper ...
, Paeonia turcica, Diplotaenia cachrydifolia Boiss, Astragalus kurdicus and Chaerophyllum macrospermum. In addition, there are Pleurotus eryngii var. ferulae mushrooms In the high parts of the mountain.
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