Sadağı Canyon Nature Park

Sadağı Canyon Nature Park
Sadağı Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı
Map showing the location of Sadağı Canyon Nature Park
Map showing the location of Sadağı Canyon Nature Park
Sadağı Canyon NP
Location of the nature park in Turkey.
LocationOrhaneli, Bursa Province, Turkey
Nearest cityOrhaneli
Coordinates39°52′13″N 28°54′26″E / 39.87028°N 28.90722°E / 39.87028; 28.90722
Established2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Governing bodyDirectorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks
Ministry of Environment and Forest

Sadağı Canyon Nature Park (Turkish: Sadağı Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park declared canyon in Bursa, Turkey.

The canyon is located at Sadağı village of Orhaneli district in Bursa Province. It is at 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Bursa. The canyon is 12 km (7.5 mi) long, and has depictions of human and animal on the canyon walls.[1] The canyon covers an area of 4,360 daa (4.36 km2; 1.68 sq mi).[2]

In 2013, the canyon area was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest.[1] The length of the canyon inside the nature park is 2.750 km (1.709 mi). The nature park's operation was left to the Municipality of Orhaneli for a term of five years in 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sadağı Kanyonu Keşfedilmeyi Bekliyor". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. ^ a b "Bursa Sadağı Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı'nın işletmeciliği Orhaneli Belediyesi'ne verildi". Bursada Bugün (in Turkish). 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2017-05-01.


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