Karaca Dağ

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Karaca Dağ
Elevation 1,957 metres (6,421 feet)
Location Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakir provinces, Turkey
Coordinates 37.67° N 39.83° E
Type Shield volcano
Last eruption Unknown

Karaca is a shield volcano located in eastern Turkey.[1] According to Der Spiegel[2] of either 6 March or 3 June 2006, the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne[3] has discovered that the genetically common ancestor of 68 contemporary types of cereal still grows as a wild plant on the slopes of Mount Karaca (Karacadag).

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