Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
2nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean Environment, Antalya, Türkiye, 2 - 05 Haziran 2010, cilt.19, ss.617-626
The amount of precipitation mostly depends on geographical conditions and planetary factors. In Turkey, topographic properties i. e. altitude, aspect, direction of mountain ranges and continentality conditions are responsible for the distribution of precipitation. In the selected some meteorological stations, there are great seasonal differences in amount of precipitation according to geographical region of Turkey. In the every meteorological station, the rainy day numbers and amount of annual precipitations change in a great extent year by year. The differences between the amount of the minimum and maximum precipitation attains three fold. For example, annual minimum and maximum precipitation changes between 600-1891 mm at Antalya, 361-1050 mm at Izmir. The trend of seasonal, annual precipitation and changing of rainy day numbers are remarkable. In the recent years, rainless day numbers have increased in the southern part of Anatolia. But generally rainless day numbers have getting decreased in the northern part of Anatolia.