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Floating Islands (Bingöl)
The floating islands of Bingöl () are mass of floating aquatic plants in the form of floating islands, islands on a lake in Bingöl Province, eastern Turkey. The formation is a registered List of natural monuments of Turkey, natural monument of the country. Lake Aksakal, which contains the floating islands, is a Volcanic crater lake, crater lake located in Hazarşah, Solhan, Hazarşah village of Solhan district in Bingöl Province. It is far from the Bingöl-Muş highway State road D.300 (Turkey), D. 300. The lake is situated on a flat terrain surrounded on three sides by mountains and hills. The lake has freshwater. The water level of the lake remains same in the winter and summer months due to continuous inflow. There are three independently and freely moving floating islands on the lake. The floating island can be moved very slowly like a raft to any direction by standing on and stepping down on one side. There are 4-5 shrubs and Fraxinus, ash trees on the floating islands. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Natural Monuments Of Turkey
This is a list of natural monuments of Turkey. As of July 1, 2015, there are 112 natural monuments () comprising caves, landforms, waterfalls and mostly old trees (Tree). These protected natural or cultural features of outstanding or unique value are administered by the Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks () of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (Turkey), Ministry of Environment and Forest. References {{commons category, Natural monuments in Turkey Turkey geography-related lists, Natural monuments Natural monuments of Turkey, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Road D
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Tourist Attractions In Bingöl Province
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism 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 (within the traveller's own country) or international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to the growth. The United Nations World Tourism Organization has estimated that global international tourist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
