The Muş Plain (; ; ), is located in the northeast of the city center of

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

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. At the eastern end of the plain is the İron Sazlığı wetland and

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. The plain is largely an agricultural area. Msho Dasht 001

Etymology

According to a rumor, the name Muş was given to the city by one of the

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tribes who escaped from the

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and came to the

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

region. As a matter of fact, in the 1914 Bitlis Province Salname, it was claimed that the name Muş came from the Hebrew word "Muşa", which means "Wetland fertile and pasture". The fact that the Muş has a lush and wet plain since history shows that this rumor is not entirely unfounded, but is based on a relatively specific fact.

Geology and geomorphology

Muş plain is the second largest plain in the

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after Iğdır Plain. The plain is surrounded by Şerafettin, Otluk Mountains and Yakupağa Mountains, which have a northeast southwest extension. Between these two mountain ranges, the

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river enters the plain. The plain is surrounded by

Karaçavuş Mountains Karaçavuş Mountains (), is a mountain range in the south of Muş province. The city of Muş Muş (; ; ) is a city in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Muş Province and Muş District. and Bitlis Mountains from the south. The Karasu river, which comes out of the foothills of

Mount Süphan Mount Süphan (; ; ) is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van. It is the second highest volcano in Turkey, with an elevation of , and has the third highest prominence of the Armenian Highlands, after Mount Arara ...

, crosses the plain in the middle and merges with the Murat River near the western part.

Flora

A representative plant species of Muş province is '' Tulipa aleppensis'', which is only found on cultivated land.

References

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