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April/ Water Reseources
My Student Erdihan Turak’s study.
Water resources in Turkey;
Adapazari and Balıkesir; Muş and Malatya in the Eastern Anatolia region are rich in groundwater.
Konya, Eskişehir, Bursa and İzmir cities are supplied from underground water for drinking water
needs of some of our cities. Groundwater is brought to the surface by drilling method and these
sources are called y Artesian Sources Y.
Turkey is a country rich in rivers. Many of the streams that are in the territory of our country are
poured into different seas. Susurluk / Simav River, Biga Stream, Gonen Stream; Büyük Menderes,
Küçük Menderes, with the Gediz and Meriç Rivers to the Aegean Sea; Sakarya, Filyos, Kizilirmak,
Yesilirmak, Coruh rivers to the Black Sea; Asi, Seyhan, Ceyhan, Tarsus and Dalaman rivers are poured
into the Mediterranean. The resources of the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers in the Persian Gulf; Aras
and Kura rivers are poured into the Caspian Sea.
Turkey is a country surrounded by sea on three sides. These are Mediterranean, Aegean Sea, Black
Sea and Marmara Sea. The seas cannot be used for drinking water and agricultural irrigation due to
the high salinity; used for transportation, trade and fishing activities.
Countries by water presence; If the amount of water used per capita is less than 1,000 m3 per year,
the Water-rich country is classified as Water-rich country if it is less than 2.000 m3 and Water-rich
country is more than 8.000-10.000 m3. Turkey is a country facing water scarcity by 1519 m3 per
capita annual disposable amount of water then.