Dragon Creek (Turkey)

Dragon Creek, also called Kocaçay or Anamur Creek, is a creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey.

Geography

The short creek is is in Anamur district of Mersin Province. Its main source is an underground river, which rises up to the surface around Sugözü town about 35 km (22 mi) to the Mediterranean Sea coast.[1] The creek has three tributaries and flows into the Mediterranean Sea at 36°04′27″N 32°52′48″E / 36.07417°N 32.88000°E / 36.07417; 32.88000. This point is almost in the urban fabric of Anamur and about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west of Mamure Castle. Its distance to Mersin is 220 km (140 mi). A 10 km (6.2 mi) part of the stream to the north of the historical bridge Alaköprü is a popular rafting course.[1]

Hydrology

The monthly average flow rate of Dragon Creek, which has a non-uniform flow pattern, is 24.43 m3/s (863 cu ft/s). The highest flow rates are in the spring, and fell to minimum during the late summer months.[2]

Cyprus water supply network

Dragon creek is the source of the 65 km (40 mi)-long undersea pipeline to Cyprus as to support Cyprus water supply network.[3] The reservoir is Alaköprü Dam. Because of this project Akine, Ormancık and Sarıağaç villages, which were around the creek were relocated by the government.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ministry of Culture page (Turkish)]
  2. ↑ İstanbul University journal
  3. ↑ State Hydraulic Works page (Turkish)
  4. ↑ Anamur manşet newspaper (Turkish)
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