River
River Göksu
260 km from source to mouth · Turkey.
TurkeyFlows into Mediterranean Sea
In numbers
Length
260km
Average flow
92m³/s
Basin
10,385km²
Drop
1,370m
from 1,370 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
260 km of river and 7 stops on the way: 2 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmTaurus mountainsat 1,370 m
- 39 kmEğiste Hadimi Viaduct
- 67 kmYerköprü Waterfall
- 108 kmBıçakçı Bridge
- 133 kmKravga Bridge
- 173 kmErmenek Brooktributary
- 240 kmSilifke132,665 people
- 247 kmAtayurt6,876 people
- 260 kmMediterranean Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Karaman, south-central Turkey
At the mouth it carries 92 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 27 seconds. It drops from 1,370 m to 0 m, 5.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 10,385 km², about the size of LB. 324,000 people live in it. Highest water: from January to February; lowest: from June to September. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- SilifkeLargest city on its banks · 132,665 people
- Çukurova International Airport (COV)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 116 km from the cityCar hire at ECN airport (Tymbou)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From April to June and from September to OctoberThe best months to visit
River Göksu, month by month
Highest water: from January to February
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from April to June and from September to October.
From about 7.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 280 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
River Göksu: the basin in numbers
10,385 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 324,000people live in the basin
- 31/km²people per km²
- 1,275maverage altitude of the basin
- 660mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 11.5°Caverage air temperature
What covers the basin
- 4% Forest
- 24% Cropland
- 16% 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
River Göksu: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 3Locks
- 2WaterfallsYerköprü Şelalesi, Hadim Göksu Şelalesi
- 1Rapids
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
River Göksu 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.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
1beach at the mouth or on the banksCoastya
9mountains at the sourcePeakyas
2islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Yerköprü Waterfallkm 67
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Beaches (1)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Tahtı Koyu22 km away · cove28.7°C
Mountains at the source (9)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Tanrıdağı Hill8.1 km away
- Karakuş Dağı12 km away
- Kara Dağ7.4 km away
- Göbekçal Hill13 km away
- Çekiç Dağı11 km away
- Sınat Hill13 km away
- Şam Hill5.8 km away
- Haydar Dağı8.1 km away
1 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (2)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Dana Adası28 km away0.1km²
- Boğsak Islet20 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
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
River Göksu in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Ermenek Brook
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Turkey560 km130 m³/s90 km awayCeyhan RiverTurkey474 km230 m³/s139 km awayOrontes RiverTurkey571 km30 m³/s174 km awayPedieos
Cyprus100 km15 m³/s127 km awayGialiasCyprus88 km2.6 m³/s127 km awayAfrin RiverTurkey131 km61 m³/s196 km awayManavgat RiverTurkey93 km150 m³/s237 km awayKouris RiverCyprus38 km1.8 m³/s224 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q732201) · 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 | Cascadyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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