Şaphane mountain

Şaphane mount is one of the Western Anatolia’s highest mountain at Ulugedik peak;2.120 m.(Other one is Murat mountain, which is 2.309 m at Kartaltepe peak).

It is located at southwest of the Kütahya Province, Turkey.
Gediz river is originating in Şaphane and emptied into the Aegean east of the Çilazmak Dalyanı (fishing weir).

Şaphane was shaped in the last periods of 3.Geological era, which has sedimentary, lime and ferrous-oxide material.

There are pine (at 1,500-2,000 m),oak and juniper(at 1,000-1,500 m) forests on the mountain. Fagus orientalis forests also found as a small cluster on the northern slopes of Şaphane. [ [http://www.ortohum.gov.tr/english/k005.htm Orman Ağaçları ve Tohumları Islah Araştırma Müdürlüğü ] ] Şaphane also is shelter some endemic species, like as;
*Rhododendron ponticium L. [ [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09262000-16320008/unrestricted/esen.pdf Microsoft Word - deryadiss.doc ] ]
*Aethionema R.Br [http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-99-23-3/bot-23-3-1-98083.pdf]
*Allium reuterianum Boisshttp://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-99-23-2/bot-23-2-9-98013.pdf]
*Allium reuterianum SchultesŞaphane mounts has deer conservation and licensed hunting zones [ [http://www.kutahya.gov.tr/en_tourism.asp?page=outdoor :: T.C.Kütahya Valiliği ::. E-Kütahya ] ]

ee also

* [http://www.gediz.gov.tr/gediz.htm Government web]
* [http://www.saphane.bel.tr/index.php?act=Cografi Municipality web]

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