Balıkesir -Geography

Balıkesir -Geography

Balıkesir Geography


Total area of ​​14,299 sq km  the territory of the province of Balikesir 39.20 ° - 40.30 ° North latitude and 26.30 ° - 28.30 ° East, is located between meridians. Located in the northwest province of Anatolia, Bursa and Kutahya provinces in the east, south and west of Çanakkale province is adjacent to the cities of Manisa and Izmir. Güneydekine 175 miles north direction of the end point of the province, the farthest point east direction bastısındakine 210 kilometers away.

A large part of the territory of the province in the Marmara region, the rest of the Aegean region. It is located in the Marmara and the Aegean Sea coast in Turkey is surrounded by two seas is one of 6 provinces.  290.5 km 115.5 km of the coastal strip of the Aegean Sea, 175 km in the Marmara Denizi'ndedir.
Ayvalik Islands in the Aegean Sea island known as the province is 22,  are the islands known as the Sea of ​​Marmara in the Marmara Islands. The main plains of the Gonen Plain, Plain Manyas, Balikesir Ovaları'dır Plain and the Gulf. Important lakes is Lake Manyas and Plate. Important rivers Susurluk River, Gonen Creek, Big Tea, Tea Havran,  Simav River, Atnos Tea, Tea and Kill Creek Üzümcü. There are also flat areas of the province as well as the mountainous parts. 2089 meters the highest point in the district of the province with the Dursunbey Ahmed is at the top.  Montenegro, Edincik Mountain, Kapıdağ, Sularya Mountain, Keltepe, Çataldağı, Spruce Mountain, Madra Mountains, Mount Ida and Hodul Mountain, mountains in the province.

Forests cover 31% of the territory of the province.  This value corresponds to 45% of land in the province. 32% of the land, culture, land of the province, with 8% meadows and pastures 15% of the unused land. In general, pine forests, red pine, beech, hornbeam, oak, willow, tamarisk, sycamore, and there are olive trees. Kuşcenneti National Park and the Ida Mountain National Park has a variety of bird species. You have two fish species diversity of the province is landlocked.  Ida Mountain fir and protected endemic plant that grows in the province.