Kopet Dag (region)

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Kopet Dag is a mountainous region along the border of northeastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan, known for its rugged terrain and role as a natural frontier between the two countries.

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Label Occurrences
Kopet Dag (region) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Caspian Sea basin ⓘ
Karakum Desert ⓘ
biodiversity habitat for steppe fauna ⓘ
borderFunction natural barrier ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
drainage endorheic basins ⓘ
ecoregion Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe ⓘ
elevation approximately 2940 metres ⓘ
featureOf Iranian Plateau margin ⓘ
linked to: Iranian microplate
formsBorderBetween Iran ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
geologicalSetting Alpine orogeny ⓘ
geology Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Kopet Dag Nature Reserve ⓘ
highestPoint Kuh-e Rizeh ⓘ
Mount Rizeh ⓘ
hydrology ephemeral streams ⓘ
knownFor earthquake hazard ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
languageRegion Persian ⓘ
Turkmen ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Iran ⓘ
southern Turkmenistan ⓘ
naturalFrontierBetween Iran ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
nearbyCity Ashgabat ⓘ
Mashhad ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Iran–Turkmenistan border ⓘ
Kopet Dag mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Kopet Dag mountains

Northern Iran mountain ranges ⓘ
passesThrough Ahal Region ⓘ
North Khorasan Province ⓘ
Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ
rangeType fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
usedAs grazing land ⓘ
vegetation shrubland ⓘ
steppe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bojnord → nearMountainRange → Kopet Dag (region) ⓘ