Kopet Dagh

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Kopet Dagh is a mountain range in Central Asia forming part of the natural border between Turkmenistan and Iran.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kopet Dagh canonical 1
Koppeh Dagh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain range
alternativeName Kopet Dag
Kopetdag
linked to: Kopet Dag

Koppeh Dagh
biodiversity habitat for steppe fauna
climate semi-arid
contains limestone
sandstone
shale
continent Asia
country Iran
Turkmenistan
elevationOfHighestPoint_m 3191
formsBorderBetween Iran
Turkmenistan
geologicalPeriod Cenozoic
Mesozoic
linked to: Mesozoic Era
geologicalType fold-and-thrust belt
hasEconomicResource building stone
coal
natural gas
oil
highestPoint Kuh-e Rizeh
Mount Rizeh
languageRegion Persian
Turkmen
linked to: Turkmen language
locatedIn Central Asia
nameLanguage Persian
Turkmen
linked to: Turkmen language
nearCity Ashgabat
Mashhad
orientation northwest–southeast
orogeny Alpine orogeny
partOf Kopet Dagh-Khorasan mountain system
border region between Turkmenistan and Iran
rockType sedimentary rock
runsAlong northeastern Iran
southern Turkmenistan
separates Caspian lowlands
linked to: Caspian lowland

Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau

Karakum Desert
tectonicSetting northern margin of the Iranian microplate
southern margin of the Eurasian Plate
usedFor dryland agriculture
pastoralism
vegetation shrubland
steppe vegetation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kopet Dag mountains alternativeName Koppeh Dagh
linked to: Kopet Dagh