Karstic sources in Malatya Province, east of Turkey

Atalay I.

7th International Symposium on Water Tracing, PORTOROZ, Slovenya, 26 - 31 Mayıs 1997, ss.199-201, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Basıldığı Şehir: PORTOROZ
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Slovenya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.199-201
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Turkey has karstic terrains due to the fact that Limestones which had formed during the all geological times are widespead. Most of them occur along the southern part of Turkey. These areas are also rich in karstic sources or springs some of which feed some rivers and obtain the drinking water of settlements and irrigation water for agricultural lands. One of the most important karstic source areas is found in the vicinity of Malatya Province, located in the eastern part of Turkey. Here there are a lot of karstic sources. The big one named Pinarbasi (Turkish: head of the source) gives the major part of the drinking and irrigation water of the Malatya Province and its discharge is more than 10 m(3) s(-1). The major part of the Malatya agricultural land totalling more than 50 km(2) area is irrigated by the Pinarbasi spring.