Sentences with phrase «anatolian region»

Originating in the Anatolian region of Turkey, this big dog is considered an amazing guard dog due to its ability to recognize what the situation needs to protect its territory.

Highly independent and with a very strong protective instinct, the Kangal originated in the Central Anatolian region of Turkey.

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They tested high - performance computational models against known geological and geophysical observations of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and demonstrated that a drip of lithospheric material below the surface can account for the measured elevation changes across the region.

The researchers propose that the reason the Central Anatolian (Turkish) Plateau has risen by as much as one kilometre over the past 10 million years is because the planet's crust and upper mantle — the lithosphere — has thickened and dripped below the region.

This is also supported by the fact that the fracture zone of the last strong earthquake in the region, in 1999, ended precisely in this area — probably at the same structure, which has been impeding the progressive shift of the Anatolian plate in the south against the Eurasian plate in the north since 1766 and building up pressure.

The Anatolian peninsula, comprising most of modern Turkey, is one of the oldest permanently settled regions in the world.

Turkey known officially as the Republic of Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of south - eastern Europe.

The Anatolian Shepherd originated from the region of Turkey, and is a large working dog used primarily as a livestock guardian.

Lesser - known regions of Turkey: Many visitors to Turkey focus on the coastal resorts and / or Istanbul but there's so much to be appreciated and enjoyed elsewhere in the country, including the Eastern, Anatolian and Black Sea regions.