Seyhan River
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The Seyhan is a river in southern Turkey, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
Origin, course, and use
The approximately 560 -kilometer Seyhan consists of two main arms: the shorter Göksu which in Tahtalı Mountains ( Kayseri province, district Pınarbaşı ) arises, and the longer Zamanti, the middle- Tarsusgebirge in the north of Tahtalı Mountains in the south of the province of Sivas, rises in the province Altinyayla circle, in the 1500 -meter-high Uzunyayla plateau. It flows through the provinces of Kayseri and Adana, where it flows about 20 kilometers south of the ancient city of Tarsus in the Mediterranean Sea.
The amount of water of the river fluctuates during the year very strong. The Seyhan may torrential flooding in winter and spring whole areas, but dry up large areas even in summer. This problem of too much water in the cooler and get too little water in drier seasons in the handle, several reservoirs on the Seyhan were built.
The river flows right through the city of Adana and divided them into districts Seyhan and Yüreğir. Here he is spanned by a stone bridge ( Taşköprü ), which was built under the Roman emperor Hadrian and the oldest still used bridge in the world is true. In addition, the river is a water source for the fertile Çukurova Plain ( Seyhan -Ceyhan River Delta ) in southern Turkey. The water from the Seyhan and Ceyhan is very important for the Çukurova plain, because there is next to the growing areas of many agricultural products and the water-intensive, most important cotton -growing region of Turkey.
Political and foreign economic importance
Since redirect or 1986 and strengthened in the nineties there were talks between Turkey and Israel, Saudi Arabia and Jordan on a project, the water from the Seyhan and Ceyhan from the Çukurova Delta in the respective countries with pipelines across the Mediterranean Sea by tankers transport. Thus, the scarcity of water, especially from Israel and Jordan should be solved.
The name of the project should (Turkish: Barış Suyu ) " peace water " denominated. The idea was not realized, partly because of the demanded from Turkey Price from 0.80 to 1.00 U.S. $ per cubic meter of the "peace water" for the countries was too high and on the other hand, the feasibility of the project has been doubted. Saudi Arabia for example, was of the opinion water from energy-intensive desalination plants is cheaper than the Turkish "Peace Water ". Political obstacles could fizzle out the project. Since the beginning of 2006, there were again calls - primarily with Israel - to take the " peace project water " again.