The Bulanık Plain (), is located in the northern of the city center of Bulanık. The area of the plain is 525.2 km2. This plain looks like a thin strip along the

Murat Murat may refer to: Places Australia * Murat Bay, a bay in South Australia * Murat Marine Park, a marine protected area France * Murat, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier * Murat, Cantal, a commune in the department of Cantal Elsew ...

river. The length of the plain is about 20 km. In the Bulanık plain, grain and plenty of sheep and cattle are usually grown.

Geology and geomorphology

Bulanık and Malazgirt plains are located 101 kilometers east of

Muş Muş (; ; ) is a city in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Muş Province and Muş District.İl Beled ...

city center. Bilican Mountains in the south,

Akdoğan Mountains Akdoğan Mountains (); (); is a mountain range located at the zero point of the Muş and Erzurum border. It extends from the east of Akdoğan lake to Karaçoban district by crossing the border where Varto, Bulanık and Hınıs districts inter ...

in the west, Lala and Top Mountain in the north, and

Patnos Patnos (Armenian: Բադնոց, Latin transliteration: Badnoc‘ or Patnoc‘, Kurdish: Panos) is a city of Ağrı Province of Turkey on a plain surrounded by high mountains including Süphan, watered by tributaries of the Murat River. It is 8 ...

district in the east. The morphological basin features of the Bulanık- Malazgirt basin made the region rich in water resources. The fact that the basin is surrounded by mountainous areas with an average height of between 1800 and 2700 meters is an important factor that has an impact on the increase in the potential of surface waters and groundwater.

Fauna

The last 11 individuals of the

Demoiselle crane The demoiselle crane (''Grus virgo'') is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and Northeast China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds f ...

living in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

live in the Bulanık Plain.

References

Plains of Turkey Important Bird Areas of Turkey {{turkey-geo-stub