Turkey’s Transboundary Waters October 19, 2016 The Euphrates-Tigris basin is among the most important river basins in Turkey and in the Middle East. The average annual discharge of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers is 84 billion m3, which equals to the average annual flow of the Nile River. Euphrates provides 90 per cent of water, whose average annual flow is 32 billion m3, from Turkey. Tags: 1995 - 2011 - about - Adana - Adana Accord - Aegean Sea - Agriculture - Animal - Ankara - Annual Flow - Aras and Kura rivers - Aras River - Asi River - Atatürk - Basin - Basins - Batum - Bekaa - Bekaa Valley - Black Sea - Border - Bulgaria - Climate - Climate Change - Çoruh River - Culture - Dam Project - Development Administration - Directive - Drought - DSİ and Water - Euphrates - European Union - Fanack - Flood - Flood Protection - Georgia - Greece - Groundwater - Hydroelectric - International Cooperation - Iran - Iraq - Joint Technical Committee - Karakaya - Keban - King - Kura River - Land Development - Lebanon - London - Maritza - Memorandum of Understanding - Meriç - Meriç River - Middle East - Mountain - National Framework - Negotiations - Oran - Orontes - participate - Policy - Pollution - project - Regime - relations - Resources - River - sources - State - Syria - Syrian - The Meriç River - The West - Tigris - Tourism - Transboundary - Transboundary Water - Turkey - Union - United Nations - Valley - War - Water - Water Framework - Water Issues - Water Quality - Water Resources
Water Infrastructure in Turkey October 19, 2016 Between 1950 and 1965, open irrigation canals were constructed in Turkey. Irrigation systems with canalettes have been introduced since 1965. Irrigation systems with canallettes were constructed between 1970 and 1980. By 1990, low and medium pipe network with advanced pipe technologies have been used. Tags: 2011 - 2012 - about - Agriculture - Anatolia - Ankara - Atatürk - Basin - Basins - Culture - DSİ - DSİ and Water - Electric Plants - Environment - Euphrates - Evaporation - Fanack - General Directorate - Groundwater - Hydroelectric - Hydrology - Hydropower - Infrastructure - International Cooperation - Irrigation - Irrigation Facilities - Karakaya - Keban - Konya Plain - Konya Plain Project - legal - London - Media - Ministry - Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources - Modernization - National Framework - Natural Resources - Policy - Politics - Population - Power Generation - project - Resources - River - Society - sources - Southeastern Anatolian Project - Surface Irrigation - Tigris - Topography - Transboundary - Treatment Plants - Turkey - Urban Growth - Urban Water - Wastewater - Water - Water Demand - Water Infrastructure - Water Mains - Water Needs - Water Resources - Water Treatment Plants - Water Use
Surface Water and Groundwater Resources in Turkey October 19, 2016 The total usable water potential of Turkey is 112 Billion m3 of which 98 Billion m3 is surface water and 14 Billion m3 is groundwater. In order to monitor groundwater extractions and prevent overuse, a regulation on groundwater measuring was enacted in 2011. Tags: 2011 - Ankara - Basin - Basins - Climate - DSİ - Euphrates - Faces - General Directorate - Ground Water - Groundwater - Industry - International Cooperation - Irrigation - Law - legal - London - Marmara - Meriç - Middle East - National Framework - Policy - Precipitation - Resources - River - sources - State - Surface Water - Tigris - Turkey - War - Water - Water Management - Water Resources - Water Use