River
Köprüçay River
183 km from source to mouth · Turkey.
TurkeyFlows into Mediterranean Sea
In numbers
Length
183km
Average flow
36m³/s
Basin
1,942km²
Drop
1,325m
from 1,326 m to 1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
183 km of river and 5 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,326 m
- 19 kmAksu3,842 people
- 116 kmGaziler3,689 people
- 124 kmEurymedon Bridge
- 166 kmAspendos
- 179 kmBoğazkent5,000 people
- 183 kmMediterranean Seaat 1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Turkey
At the mouth it carries 36 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 69 seconds. It drops from 1,326 m to 1 m, 7.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,942 km², about the size of MU. 125,000 people live in it. Highest water: January; lowest: from June to September. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- BoğazkentLargest city on its banks · 5,000 people
- Antalya International Airport (AYT)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 33 km from the cityCar hire at AYT airport (Antalya)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Köprüçay River, month by month
Highest water: January
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 5.5 m³/s in the lowest month to 77 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Köprüçay River: the basin in numbers
2,572 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 125,000people live in the basin
- 48/km²people per km²
- 1,071maverage altitude of the basin
- 730mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 12.3°Caverage air temperature
What covers the basin
- 38% Forest
- 8% Cropland
- 2% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Köprüçay River: what you find on the way
- 3Weirs
- 2WaterfallsGelin Kavağı Şelalesi
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Köprüçay River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
6mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Beaches (2)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Kumköy Plajı22 km away28.9°C
- Özlü Plajı23 km away28.9°C
Mountains at the source (6)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mount Baba14 km away
- Bodas Dağı10 km away
- Anamasdağı3.9 km away
- Ak Dağ7.6 km away
- Ada Hill12 km away
- Büyükçesan Tepe9.8 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Köprüçay River in pictures
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Turkey93 km150 m³/s26 km awayRiver GöksuTurkey260 km92 m³/s263 km awayKouris River
Cyprus38 km1.8 m³/s267 km awayPedieosCyprus100 km15 m³/s308 km awaySeyhan RiverTurkey560 km130 m³/s333 km awayGreat Menderes RiverTurkey548 km90 m³/s362 km awayGialiasCyprus88 km2.6 m³/s308 km awayKüçük Menderes RiverTurkey114 km11 m³/s368 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q385473) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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