مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Geo-Ecological Regions and Divisions of Mount Murat, West of Turkey

Abstract :

The Mount Murat (2309 m), which is located in the Eastern Central Division of the Aegean region and is aligned roughly in the northwest-southeast direction, provides a rich environment comprising the divisions (subregions) of three different geoecological regions that are influenced under the topographical and the lithological factors in addition to the geographical location. The western and the southern parts of the Mount Murat are included as a part of the divisions of the Aegean geoecological region. The Lower Aegean division bordering from the western part of the mountain along the Gediz valley is represented by the Calabrian pine (Pinus brutia Ten.). The southern part of the mountain is located on the Central Western Anatolian plateau within the borders of the Aegean mountain division, which is represented by the oak and the European Black Pine (Pinus nigra). The northern and the northwestern slopes of the mountain belong to the Marmara dry forest, humid and semi-humid forests while the higher altitudes belong to the Marmara mountain-grass division. The eastern part of the mountain belongs to the Central Anatolian dry forest-anthropogenic steppe division.In this study, the geocological regions and division, which stand out in the Mount Murat as a product of the prevailing climatic conditions, the geographical location, the topographical and the lithological properties, are investigated from a geoecological perspective.