Melen Çayı
| Melen Çayı | ||
 The course of the Melen Çayı in the middle of the map |
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| location | Düzce , Sakarya ( Turkey ) | |
| River system | Melen Cayi | |
| source | in the east of the province of Düzce 41 ° 0 ′ 21 ″ N , 31 ° 41 ′ 28 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1200 m | |
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Black Sea Coordinates: 41 ° 4 ′ 27 " N , 30 ° 58 ′ 3" E 41 ° 4 ′ 27 " N , 30 ° 58 ′ 3" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1200 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 12 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Catchment area | 2317 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Uğur Suyu , Aksu Deresi | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Hasanlar dam | |
| Small towns | Yığılca , Cumayeri | |
.JPG) Büyük Melen Çayı |
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The Melen Çayı is a river to the Black Sea in the Düzce Province and on the border with the Sakarya Province .
The Melen Çayı rises in the far east of the Düzce province, from where it flows in a western direction through the province and passes the district town of Yığılca . The river is called Küçük Melen Çayı ( küçük = "small") in the upper reaches . It is dammed by the Hasanlar dam . Then it flows in a south-westerly direction north past the provincial capital Düzce . West of the city of Gölyaka on Lake Melen Gölü , the river Aksu Deresi from the west and the smaller Uğur Suyu from the southeast meet the Küçük Melen Çayı. Then the river Büyük Melen Çayı ( büyük = "large") and flows in a northerly direction to the sea 35 km away. The Melen Çayı flows past the small town of Cumayeri . The last 10 km it forms the provincial border with Sakarya . The river flows into the Black Sea near Melenağızı . The Melen Çayı has a length of approx. 100 km. The catchment area of Melen Çayı covers 2317 km².
There are plans to divert water from the catchment area of Melen Çayı to the water supply of Istanbul .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c http://www2.dsi.gov.tr/english/congress2007/chapter_1/21.pdf DSI: CONCEPTUAL APPROACH FOR THE DETERMINATION OF POINT SOURCES IN MELEN WATERS