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Yıldız Mountains
mountains, Turkey
Also known as: Istranca Mountains
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- In Turkey: The northern folded zone
…and the main mountain range—the Yıldız (Istranca)—reaches only 3,379 feet (1,030 metres). Lowlands also occur to the south of the Sea of Marmara and along the lower Sakarya River east of the Bosporus. High ridges trending east-west rise abruptly from the Black Sea coast, and the coastal plain is thus…
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