Situated in the south of Turkey’s Marmara Region, the Bursa Plain is a huge elliptical area bordered by
Mount Uludag to the south, the Mudanya Hills to the northwest and Mount Diskaya to the north, while to the
west are found 100-140 m high hills running east-west [1][2][3]. The northern border of the study area passes
through the watershed of Mount Diskaya and the Mudanya Hills. The Bursa Plain is separated from the Inegol
Plain by the Aksu-Kazancibayir threshold to the east, and from the Yenisehir Plain by the Turan village
threshold. The total area of the study region is 872.1 km², of which the Bursa Plain itself comprises 208 km². The
city of Bursa, the 5th largest in Turkey, is itself located in study area