BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT TURKEY
TOTAL AREA- 783,562 square kilometers LAND AREA- 769,632 square kilometers WATER AREA- 13,930 square kilometers SIZE COMPARATIVE TO U.S. TERRITORY- Slightly larger than Texas BORDERING COUNTRIES- Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km TOTAL DISTANCE OF ALL LAND BOUNDARIES- 2,648 km TOTAL DISTANCE OF COASTLINE- 7,200 km DESCRIPTION OF CLIMATE- temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior DESCRIPTION OF TERRAIN- high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges POINT OF LOWEST ELEVATION- Mediterranean Sea 0 m POINT OF HIGHEST ELEVATION-Mount Ararat 5,166 m |