Akdoğan Mountains

Akdoğan Mountains (Turkish: Akdoğan Dağları or Hamurpert Dağları); (Armenian: Համուր, Khamur or Xamurpert); is a mountain range located at the zero point of the Muş and Erzurum border.

It has rich water resources and some parts of the mountain consist of calcareous layers.

[6] Akdoğan Mountains are one of the important wetlands for birds and there are more than 100 small and shallow lakes on it.

The main plant species in the Akdoğan mountains are toxic Ferula and non-toxic Ferula, Rheum ribes, Gundelia, Sorrel, Arum maculatum, Eremurus spectabilis, Diplotaenia cachrydifolia Boiss, Chaerophyllum macrospermum, Thymus (plant),[10] Eryngium billardieri, Chondrilla juncea, Paeonia turcica, Astragalus kurdicus, Chicory and Euphorbia sp.

Frangula alnus and Prunus cerasifera are located on the humid shores of the lakes.

Geomap of region
Flora of the south of the Akdoğan mountains. Qûçan region is completely brown soil . Other places are semi-brown and consist of different types of soil.