Niksar is a county that depends on Tokat where inside part of Middle Black Sea part of the Black Sea Region.
Surface measurement of Niksar is 9555 km². It’s on 40°35’ North latitude and 36° 58’ east longitude. Its altitude is average 350 m. It is surrounded with Erbaa on the north-west, Tokat on the South-west, Almus on the South, Başçiftlik on the South-east and Akkuş on the north of Niksar. It is one of the largest five counties of Tokat.
There is the Canik Mountains on the north, Dönek Mountain on the south of country and Niksar Lowland between these mountains. The Canik Mountains are covered with plateaus that lie down parallel to Black Sea. Çamiçi High Plateau is one of the most important high plateaus of not just Niksar but also Tokat.
Niksar lands that are very rich in rivers have been irrigated by the Kelkit Stream and big and little branches of this stream.
Niksar Lowland that becomes more fertile by irrigation and carrying alluvium is one of the most important lowland of Black Sea Region.
This county that has convenient plateau in aspect of agriculture area is covered with forests and under woods 53 % and meadow and pasture 12%. While 32% of county lands sewn and sown, only 3% is not suitable for agriculture.
There are beech, pine, horn beech, spruce on high level that is on the north of Niksar, poplar, willow on flatness that is in low level, herbals in the lowland, fruit in the valleys. There consists of Niksar’s plant cover.Niksar has got transition climate between Middle Black Sea Part and Inner Anatolia. In generally it is tepid and rainy in winter, hot in summer. Annual rain average of county that is 475,2 mm. and annual heat average is 14,7 °C.
Niksar founded on the foot of the Canik Mountains that lands to Kelkit Valley and lied down along to the valley in which Kelkit River has passed has, natural beauties and Çamiçi High Plateau, 14 kms from city center rivets this beauty.
The country where is ornamented with the Works that reflect the Turk-Islam culture of terms of Danişmendli, Selçuklu, Ottoman seems a rich open air museum in which all the traces of history keep alive splendidly.
