Rivers of Turkey

Akbulut, Nuray; Şahin, Yalçın; Bayarı, Serdar; Akbulut, Aydın

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-369449-2.00017-5

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“…From the Middle Ages until 1935, the Ceyhan River mouth diverted eastwards [2] (Figure 7, No. 2), thus its present-day location is situated west of where it had been in medieval times [15] (p. 656).…”

Section: Palaeochannels and Relict Canalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All rivers are braided in their upper reaches with channel gradients ranging from 1:40 to 1:400, while the channel gradients decrease to >1:2000 in the lower 35-110 km of their courses, causing them to meander [14] (p. 57). The major tributaries of the 560 km long Seyhan are the Göksu, Zamantı, Çakıt and Körkün Rivers [15] (p. 647). Prior to construction of the first dam in 1954 the Seyhan River Delta expanded its area on average by 2.8 ha per year [16] (p. 64).…”

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SARchaeology—Detecting Palaeochannels Based on High Resolution Radar Data and Their Impact of Changes in the Settlement Pattern in Cilicia (Turkey)

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Abstract:The fertile alluvial plain of Cilicia is bordered by the Taurus and Amanus mountain ranges to the west, north and east and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Since the Neolithic Period, Plain Cilicia was an important interface between Anatolia and the Levant. The alluvial plain is dominated by three rivers: Tarsus, Seyhan and Ceyhan. The avulsion history of the lower course of the rivers Seyhan and Ceyhan during the Holocene remains an unresolved issue. The knowledge about how former river courses have changed is essential for the identification of ancient toponyms with archaeological sites. The analysis of silted up riverbeds based on high-resolution digital elevation models (TanDEM-X) and historic satellite imagery (CORONA) in this paper provide the first indications for the reconstruction of former river channels. Further evidence is given by the evaluation of the settlement patterns from 3rd to 1st millennium BC.

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Section: Palaeochannels and Relict Canalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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SARchaeology—Detecting Palaeochannels Based on High Resolution Radar Data and Their Impact of Changes in the Settlement Pattern in Cilicia (Turkey)

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“…). The 519 km long river drains a 36 114 km 2 catchment (5% of Turkey) that consists of a complex mosaic of sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic bedrock formed during the Mesozoic/Neogene periods (Akbulut et al, ). The river originates in the Central Anatolian Plateau and flows through inter‐mountain valleys before cutting through the Pontid Mountains and merging with its two major tributaries, Cekerek (256 km) and Kelkit (320 km), to enter the Black Sea.…”

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Does diet variation determine the digestive tract length of Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekci and Imamoglu, 2006?

2016

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This study tested the spatial variations in the digestive/intestine tract length of Capoeta banarescui, with regard to their diets in different habitats. Highly varied diets observed in a previous study within the same river system posed the question whether this flexibility is reflected in the digestive tract and intestine length of the species in the Yes ßilırmak River, Turkey. Totals of 382 specimens (standard length 4.6-19.1 cm) were captured by electro-fishing along the river in September 2012 at 11 locations spanning elevations from 34 to 992 m. The stomach, intestine and total digestive tract lengths were measured, and stomach contents analysed from 196 specimens. For statistical analyses, the stomach, intestine and total digestive tract length were expressed as percentages of total weight and standard length. The data provided evidence that the digestive tract and intestine lengths varied significantly among locations in association with the diet. Fish having dominantly carnivorous diets (e.g. chironomid larvae/ invertebrates) in two locations had significantly shorter intestines and digestive tracts than those with diets dominated by benthic algae and other plants. The data indicated that C. banarescui showed broad flexibility in their feeding habits. Feeding heavily on plant materials might lead to the development of longer digestive tracts, increasing the active surface area for digestion; alternatively, there may be less invested in development of the digestive tract when feeding primarily on carnivorous diets where the respective digestive enzymes are readily available. The data suggest that phenotypic plasticity in the digestive tract length of C. banarescui is associated more with the abundant protein-rich carnivorous food sources in the studied habitats. Whether this digestive tract plasticity has a genetic background remains to be verified in future studies.

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“…The mean annual air temperature ranged between 14.6 °C (Maden) and 21.8 °C (Cizre) (Varol et al, 2012). The Dicle (Tigris) River has the highest water temperature of all of the Eastern Anatolian rivers (Akbulut et al, 2009).…”

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“…The portion of the Dicle (Tigris) River flowing through Southeastern Anatolia represents one of the largest rivers in Turkey with a catchment area of approximately 57,614 km 2 (Akbulut et al, 2009). The river originates in the Toros Mountains of Turkey and follows a southeastern route in Turkey to Cizre, where it forms the border between Turkey and Syria for 32 km before entering Iraq.…”

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Spatial and temporal distribution of aquatic insects in the Dicle (Tigris) River Basin, Turkey, with new records

Çetinkaya¹,

Bekleyen²

2017

Turk J Zool

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IntroductionAquatic macroinvertebrates are critical to ecosystem functioning through their regulation of many essential topdown and bottom-up ecosystem processes such as energy translocation, nutrient flow, and detrital decomposition (Hellmann et al., 2015). Aquatic insects are among the important components of the aquatic communities in terms of taxa richness and their role in the food web. They have been used as bioindicators of pollution and water quality in environmental studies (e.g.

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Rivers of Turkey

Cited by 35 publications

References 25 publications

SARchaeology—Detecting Palaeochannels Based on High Resolution Radar Data and Their Impact of Changes in the Settlement Pattern in Cilicia (Turkey)

SARchaeology—Detecting Palaeochannels Based on High Resolution Radar Data and Their Impact of Changes in the Settlement Pattern in Cilicia (Turkey)

Does diet variation determine the digestive tract length of Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekci and Imamoglu, 2006?

Spatial and temporal distribution of aquatic insects in the Dicle (Tigris) River Basin, Turkey, with new records

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