Aladağ Mountains

Aladağ stretches east to west south of the Ağrı and Doğubayazıt plains, between the upper Murat basin and the highlands north of Lake Van. Its high pastures contain springs and green summer grass, supporting herds brought up from the surrounding valleys. Streams from the mountains feed the Murat, which flows southwest towards the plain of Malazgirt and eventually joins the Euphrates.