Mount Göztepe
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Mount Göztepe ( tr, Göztepe Dağı or Kolibaba Dağı), is a mountain of 2594 meters high that naturally determines the border of Varto and Bulanık districts of Muş.


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 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.


Flora

The main plant species in the Mount Göztepe are Toxic
Ferula ''Ferula'' (from Latin ''ferula'', 'rod') 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. They are herbaceous perennial plants ...
and non-toxic Ferula, Rheum ribes, Gundelia,
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 '' ...
,
Arum maculatum ''Arum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. Frequently called arum lilies, they are not closely ...
, Asphodelus, Paeonia turcica, Diplotaenia cachrydifolia Boiss, Astragalus kurdicus and
Chaerophyllum ''Chaerophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, with 35 species native to Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa. It includes the cultivated root vegetable '' Chaerophyllum bulbosum'' (turnip rooted chervil). ...
macrospermum. In addition, there are Pleurotus eryngii var. ferulae mushrooms In the high parts of the mountain.


References

{{Muş-geo-stub Landforms of Muş Province Two-thousanders of Turkey Bulanık District Varto District