DETERMINATION OF DROUGHT STATUS AND TRENDS IN THE CEYHAN BASIN
CEYHAN HAVZASI’NIN KURAKLIK DURUMU VE EĞİLİMLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Author : Muharrem UZUNKOL -- Yakup KIZILELMA
Number of pages : 503-519

Abstract

Drought is one of the important results of climate change. People elaborate about this environmental issue in the many regions of the World. When viewed from this aspect, different disciplines are doing important studies by using various techniques about drought issue in the point of the drought tracing. Our working area is around Ceyhan River and Ceyhan Basin. This working area has a large and important agricultural field. The potential of this area for agriculture is pretty high. Especially drought effects in ill part in this area. Because all crops of this area related to weather conditions. The climate of Ceyhan Basin has determined by different techniques and with the help of so many researchers for the last years about this study. The drought tendency and drought circumstance of the working area stations are revealed by standardize rain and Aridity İndex. Elbistan locates on the North side and Kozan locates on the South side of the basin and also Ceyhan are confirmed as ready pla

Keywords

Ceyhan Basin, Drought Analysis, Climatic Classification, Climate Change

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