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West Mediterranean Basin
Güllük Delta
City: Muğla
Provinces: Milas
Surface Area : 1400
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: N/A
Bird Species: The lake hosts a massive number of wintering water birds (max. 47.654), including cormorant karabatak (max.1525), pygmy cormorant küçük karabatak (max. 40), Red-crested pochard – Macar ördeği(max.528) and coot sakarmeke (max. 34.120).
Main Characteristics: coastal lagoons, swamp
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Köyceğiz Lake
City: Muğla
Provinces: Köyceğiz, [...]
Antalya – Beydağları ( Mediterranean )
The Beydaglar Mountains, in the western extension of the Taurus Mountains, lie to the west of the Bay of Antalya and run parallel a north-south direction. The most important peaks are Teke, Mt. Bakirdagi, Mt. Tahtali Dag and Kizlar Sivrisi. The tallest of these is Kizlar Sivrisi, 3069ms.
This mountain, [...]
Eastern Mediterranean Basin
Göksu Delta
City: İçel
Provinces: Silifke
Surface Area : 14 – 480
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with world wide generations under danger species, such as Küçük karabatak (max. 180) and tepeli pelikan (max.56), reproducing yaz ördeği (Turkey’s known biggest population with 50 pairs) and pasbaş patka (30 pairs), wintering büyük [...]
Mediterranean Plant Societies
Mediterranean plant societies had been spread till to the Aegean, Marmara, Central Black Sea and west parts of Southeastern Anatolia with exceeding Mediterranean geographical region territories. Scrub, which is accepted as the most important plant society of the Mediterranean plant societies, is also defined as “dwarfish forest” in connection with botanic. Scrub plant [...]