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Düden Waterfalls are a group of
waterfalls A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several w ...
in the province of
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,
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. The waterfalls, formed by the recycle station water, are located northeast of Antalya. They end where the waters of the Lower Düden Falls drop off a rocky cliff directly into the
Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...
. A group of Düden Waterfalls consists of two waterfalls, Upper Düden Waterfalls and Lower Düden Waterfalls.


Upper Düden Waterfalls


Location and access

The waterfalls has the following geo coordinates: . The entrance to the park with the waterfalls is located at 21. Cd. road in Şelale Mahallesi.


Gallery

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Lower Düden Waterfalls


Location and access

The waterfalls has the following geo coordinates: . The waterfalls is located in Düden Park.


Düdenbaşı Waterfall karstic system

At the 28th and 30th kilometre markers () of the old route from Antalya-
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(which goes through Döşemealtı town), two big
karstic Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant r ...
sources appear. These sources, Kırkgözler and Pınarbaşı, merge after a short flow and disappear into Bıyıklı
Sinkhole A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as ''vrtače'' and shakeholes, and to openi ...
. Some of the sinkholes can swallow a river or lake. In this region, the Suğla (Konya) big sinkhole and the Bıyıklı sinkhole output . This quantity is the output of Kırkgöz and Pınarbaşı springs at inundation. The water, which disappears at Bıyıklı Sinkhole, travels underground and comes out again at Varsak pit. After a very short fall, it disappears again from the other end. The water which disappears at Varsak goes underground for 2 km (1.2 mi) and comes out again at Düdenbasi, by pressure made by a syphon. The water which falls from Düdenbasi is the water coming from Kepez Hydroelectrical Complex. A regulator built in front of the Bıyıklı Sinkhole directs the waters of Kırkgözler and Pınarbaşı into a canal to the Kepez Hydroelectric Plant, where a pressure pipe carries it to a balancing funnel and drops it over the plant's
turbine A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating ...
s. The water from the plant's discharge unit is brought to Düdenbaşı again by a long canal, where it forms artificial cascades. From there the amount of water is that of a large river. Seven irrigation trenches distribute the water to land north-east of Antalya. After Düdenbasi, the waters of Düdençay separate into a number of streams and finally, east of Antalya, cascade from a platform into the
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on th ...
. A park surrounds these waterfalls. They can be seen from the sea by taking a boat trip from Antalya yacht harbour.


See also

* The Düden River


References


External links


Antalya and Waterfalls
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