Geography of Turkey

Turkey is had in Europe (a southeast part of Balkan peninsula) and Asia (peninsula Asia Minor). The Asian and European parts of the country are divided by sea of Marmara and straits Bosporus and Dardanelless.

The state Terrain is equal 779,4  thousand both  sq. km, on its European part is necessary only 23,7  sq. km.

The country Bulk is flowed about by the seas: Black in the north, Marble both Egejsky in the west and Mediterranean in the south. In Europe Turkey has boundary lines of small extent with Bulgaria in the north, Greece in the west. In Asia the country bounds with Georgia and Armenia in Transcaucasia, on Iran and Iraq in the east and with Syria in mezhdureche the Tiger and Euphrates.

the European part of Turkey (East Thrace, or Rumelija) represents a hilly plateau in altitude îêîëî1000  m. the Asian part (peninsula Asia Minor, or Anatoly) on all width is restricted by mountain ridges: in the north it is Pontijsky mounts (to 3973 , in the south - the Tauri (to 3726). In the east both mountain chains are closed and do to East Anatoly less accessible, than the western regions of the country. Between mountain chains the Anatolijsky uplands (average altitude 1000 are had), cut by valleys with towering cones of lost volcanoes. The highest apexes of Turkey - hills Uludag (2543) near Bursa in Western Anatolys, burning mountain Erdzhijas (3916 ) near Kayseri in Central Anatolys, the Big Ararat (5165 ) in East Anatolys. As a whole on peninsula the mountain landform predominates, and only in some places along marine coasts rather small sections of lowlands lay.

The Basic rivers of the country - Euphrates, the Tiger, Kizil Irmak, Sakarja, large loches - Van and the As (salty).