Page 6 - The Verdant Black Sea

Şavşat, Artvin

The mountain ranges which run parallel to the

coast in the north of Turkey have erected a

veritable wall between the Black Sea and the

plateaus of Anatolia

The geographical formation of this parallel to the coast, until rifts in the springtime, delicate wildflower
part of Turkey is quite different from range open an escape to the sea. Dense blossoms carpet the rolling meadows
that of western Anatolia, where pine forests cover the mountains while of the eastern hills. The wooden
mountain ridges radiate from the lush vegetation and bountiful crops houses in fishing villages and
central plateau like the fingers of a grow in the lower elevations and mountain hamlets alike preserve
hand. Here, a single range virtually valleys. indigenous and traditional
hugs the coast, and there is often no architectural styles. The humid
more than 50km between the Along the coastline, kilometres of climate and fertile soil encourage the
mountain range and the coast. Rivers beautiful uncrowded beaches offer cultivation of a variety of crops
have conformed to the terrain and flow sun, swimming and relaxation. In the including tea, tobacco, corn and

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