Çoruh
Template:Short description Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other
The Chorokh (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang". Ch'orokhi Script error: No such module "IPA"., Template:Langx, Template:Langx Chorokh, Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Akampsis) is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İspir, Yusufeli, and Artvin, along the Kelkit-Çoruh Fault, before flowing into Georgia, where it reaches the Black Sea just south of Batumi and a few kilometers north of the Turkish-Georgian border.
In Arrian's Periplus Ponti Euxini, it is called the Acampsis (Template:Langx); Pliny may have confused it with the Bathys.[1] Procopius writes that it was called Acampsis because it was impossible to force a way through it after it has entered the sea, since it discharges its stream with such force and swiftness, causing a great disturbance of the water before it, that it goes out for a very great distance into the sea and makes it impossible to coast along at that point.[2]
In English, it was formerly known as the Boas, the Churuk, or the Chorokh.[3][4]
Biodiversity
The Ch'orokhi valley lies within the Caucasus ecological zone, which is considered by the World Wide Fund for Nature and by Conservation International as a biodiversity hotspot.[5][6] The Çoruh Valley is recognised by Turkish conservation organisations as an important plant area,[7] an important bird area,[8] a key biodiversity area[9] and has been nominated as a high priority area for protection. This valley is rich in plants and contains 104 nationally threatened plant species of which 67 are endemic to Turkey.[7]
Recreation
The Çoruh has been called "an eco-tourism gem" and "Turkey's last remaining wild river", and is being promoted for whitewater kayaking by the Eastern Anatolia Tourism Development Project.[10] It attracts kayakers and rafters from all over the world and was the site of the 4th World Rafting Championship in 1993[11] and the Coruh Extreme kayak competition in 2005.[12]
Dams
A total of 17 large hydroelectric dams are planned as part of the Çoruh River Development Plan[13] but a total of 27 are proposed for the Çoruh River Catchment. Under the Çoruh Development Plan, 8 dams have been completed (Arkun, Artvin, Borçka, Deriner, Güllübağ, Murtli, Tortum and Yusufeli Dams), another 2 are under construction.[14]
| Dam | Phase |
|---|---|
| Tortum Dam | Operational – Tortum River (Çoruh tributary) |
| Muratli Dam | Operational |
| Borçka Dam | Operational |
| Deriner Dam | Operational |
| Olur Dam | Planned |
| Bağlık Dam | Planned – Berta River (Çoruh tributary) |
| Bayram Dam | Planned – Berta River (Çoruh tributary) |
| Artvin Dam | Operational |
| Yusufeli Dam | Operational |
| Altiparmak Dam | Planned – Barhal River (Çoruh tributary) |
| Ayvali Dam | Planned – Oltu River (Çoruh tributary) |
| Olur Dam | Planned – Oltu River (Çoruh tributary) |
| Arkun Dam | Operational |
| Aksu Dam | Preliminary construction |
| Güllübağ Dam | Operational |
| İspir Dam | Planned |
| Laleli Dam | Under construction |
See also
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Friends of the Earth
References
Template:Rivers of Georgia Template:Rivers of Turkey Template:Authority control
- ↑ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography, 1:216 (1854).
- ↑ Procopius, History of the Wars, §8.2
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition 2:757d
- ↑ W. Rickmer Rickmers, "Lazistan and Ajaristan", The Geographical Journal 84:6 (Dec., 1934), p. 466. at JSTOR
- ↑ WWF Global 200 Regions
- ↑ Conservation International Biodiversity Hotspots
- ↑ a b Ozhatay N, Byfield A & Atay S 2005, 122 Important Plant Areas of Turkey, for WWF Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey.
- ↑ Magnin G & Yarar M 1989, Important Bird Area in Turkey, Dogal Hayati Koruma Dernegi, Turkey.
- ↑ Eken G, Bozdogan M, I˙sfendiyaroglu S, Kılıç DT & Lise Y, (editörler) 2006, Key biodiversity areas in Turkey, Doga Dernegi, Ankara, Turkey.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ ENCON 2006, ‘Yusufeli Dam and Hydroelectric Power Project Environmental Impact Assessment’, Ankara, Turkey.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".