{"id":57569,"date":"2025-07-31T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57569"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:18:29","slug":"mount-cilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-cilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Cilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Cilo Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to our researchers, the glaciers of Mount Cilo have had almost 50% of their ice cover in 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Cilo<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located <\/span><b>southeast of Lake Van<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the southeast end of the <\/span><b>Taurus mountain range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Anatolia region of<\/span><b> Turkey.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The glaciers of Mount Cilo, which rises to 4,135 meters in the province of Hakkari on the <\/span><b>Iraqi border,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the second largest in the country behind those of <\/span><b>Mount Ararat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (5,137 meters )\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the peak of the easternmost extension of the <\/span><b>Taurus mountain range.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in the <\/span><b>Alpine-Himalayan Fold System<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and emerged as a result of the movement of the <\/span><b>Arabian, Anatolian and Eurasian plates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Physical features of Mount Cilo<\/b>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has five important high peaks. These; <\/span><b>Uludoruk Peak,\u00a0 Suppa Durek<\/b> <b>Peak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kosedire\u011fi Mountain, Kisara Mountain and Maunseli Sivrisi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The present shape of Cilo Mountain has been formed by <\/span><b>tectonic movements and erosions.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has rugged topography with <\/span><b>ridges, steep limestone cliffs, deep gorges, and glacial valleys.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact of Climate Change: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey, which is experiencing heatwaves and drought, even registered a record temperature of 50.5C recently and has been affecting glaciers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/turkeys-glaciers-fall-victim-to-climate-change\/articleshow\/122974030.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Cilo is located southeast of Lake Van and the southeast end of the Taurus mountain range in the Anatolia region of Turkey. 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