Çukurova
Sign in to savethumb|300x300px|Çukurova imposed on Mersin Province|Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay provinces. Çukurova (), or the Cilician Plain (Cilicia Pedias in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Anatolia. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osmaniye Province and northwestern Hatay Province.
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- Etymology
- History
- Population
- Geography
- Natural resources
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Parks and conservation areas
- Çukurova in popular culture
- See also
- References
thumb|300x300px|Çukurova imposed on Mersin Province|Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay provinces. Çukurova (), or the Cilician Plain (Cilicia Pedias in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Anatolia. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osmaniye Province and northwestern Hatay Province.
== Etymology == Çukurova is a compound of the Turkish words "hollow, depression" and "plains". The oldest recorded use of the name in Turkish can be traced back to Aşıkpaşazade's late 15th-century Ottoman Turkish work ''''.