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Approximately one-third of Turkey is covered with carbonate rocks. Intensive karstification in Turkey is seen in the whole karst areas. Intensive karstification heights of up to 2000 m are especially seen in the vicinity of Antalya city and generally in the Southwest of Turkey’s Taurus Mountains. Especially, Antalya and its surroundings present such typical karstification properties. Kırkgözler karst springs in the north of Antalya plain are one of the few resources in the world with an average discharge rate of 15 m3/s. Important progress has been achieved worldwide in karst hydrogeology studies in the last twenty years. In order to obtain a better understanding of the karst phenomena, classification of karst areas is a necessary and useful tool. Engineering geology studies are very important to understand and know the karst of the country.
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Günay, G., Törk, K., GÜNER, İ.N. (2022). Karst of Turkey. In: Caves and Karst of Turkey - Volume 2. Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95361-4_1
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