Plateau+Anatolia

=Anatolia Plateau= By Robby Edwards

The Anatolian plateau covers most of a peninsula located between two main bodies of water. The Black Sea is north of the peninsula and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It roughly shares the common borders with the country of Turkey, which is considered part of the Middle East. The plateau has a scene of numerous migrations and conquests because it is at the point where Asia and Europe meet. There are differences in the elevations in the east and the west. In the western part, most mountains are low that rarely exceed 1,500 meters. In the eastern part, elevations can reach up to more than 3,000 meters. Locusts occasionally damage the eastern part in April and May. Rivers flow from the mountains into the Black Sea. The southern part contains very little woodland, but in the north, there are dense evergreen forests. Most of the plateau receives very little rainfall. There is heavy snow in the winter and intense heat and concurring dust storms.

Cites used: http://www.answers.com/topic/anatolia http://www.photius.com/countries/turkey/geography/turkey_geography_anatolian_plateau.html