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Karaca Dağ is a
* The streams originating from Karaca Dağ are the most significant water sources in the region. There are also a large number of springs on the southern side of Karaca Dağ and in the northern parts of the region.
* Sanliurfa and specifically the Karaca Dağ area are popular for its spring waters which are sold as bottled water to the world.
* The river Khabur originates from a source at the southwestern slope of the Karaca Dağ and flows into the Euphrates further south at
shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels farther and forms thinner flows than the more viscous lava ...
located in southeastern Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, near Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
.
It was also known as "Mount Masia", Which in turn was used to give the title of an iris found on the mountain, as '' Iris masia''.
Water Resources
* The streams originating from Karaca Dağ are the most significant water sources in the region. There are also a large number of springs on the southern side of Karaca Dağ and in the northern parts of the region.
* Sanliurfa and specifically the Karaca Dağ area are popular for its spring waters which are sold as bottled water to the world.
* The river Khabur originates from a source at the southwestern slope of the Karaca Dağ and flows into the Euphrates further south at Circesium
Circesium ( ', ), known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers, located at the empire's eastern frontier with the Sasanian Empire. Procopius calls it the "farthest fortress" (φ ...
.
* The river Euphrates
The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originati ...
does not only originate at the confluence of the Karasu river (north) and the Murat
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river (northeast) in the Armenian highlands of northeastern Turkey, but in its originally predominant source from the northwestern slope of the Karaca Dağ, through what is known today as the Camcayi Creek.
* The river Tigris
The Tigris ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian Desert, Syrian and Arabia ...
does not only originate 74 kms (45 miles) northeast of Diyarbakir and flows through the same city, but it was formerly fed through at least 4 sources from the southeastern slope of the Karaca Dağ, located 33 km (20 miles) southwest of Diyarbakir.
Agricultural History
* Researchers at theMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research was founded in Müncheberg, Germany in 1928 as part of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft. The founding director, Erwin Baur, initiated breeding programmes with fruits and berries, and basic res ...
in Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
discovered that the genetically common ancestor of 68 contemporary types of cereal still grows as a wild plant on the slopes of Mount Karaca (Karacadag).
* The region is known as the place of origin of different major crops including lentils
The lentil (''Vicia lens'' or ''Lens culinaris'') is an annual plant, annual legume grown for its Lens (geometry), lens-shaped edible seeds or ''pulses'', also called ''lentils''. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in Legume, pods, usually w ...
and chickpeas.
Vegetation
* While Karaca Dağ was covered by forest vegetation until 40-50 years ago, today, human activities threaten the plant diversity at Karaca Dağ.See also
* List of volcanoes in Turkey ** Karapınar Field ** Mount Judi * ThamaninReferences
Mountains of Turkey Shield volcanoes of Turkey Polygenetic shield volcanoes Landforms of Şanlıurfa Province Landforms of Diyarbakır Province Important Bird Areas of Turkey {{SEAnatolia-geo-stub