Abstract:

An important part of our country consists of landforms of karst geomorphology. The most important region where we can see these karst shapes in different locations and sizes together intensively is the Taurus Mountain Belt region. The study area is also within the Western Taurus karst area, which is located in the westernmost part of this belt. Two of the most common karst shapes in this caste belt are dolines and fluvio-karstic shapes. These shapes, which are formed due to karstification, have developed under the control of many different factors such as litho-stratigraphic and structural elements, geomorphological evolution and the control of the karst floor level. In this study, the formation and development characteristics and morphometric characteristics of the dolines and fluvio-karstic valleys in the area within the catchment area of the Çeltikçi Polje system were investigated, and the effective parameters and their degree of influence were revealed. In this context, Digital Elevation Model (DEM), geology, geomorphology and karst classification maps of the field were created in the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) environment from the maps obtained from the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration and the General Directorate of Mapping. As a matter of fact, 1 uvala, 639 doline, and 3 fluvio-karstic depressions were identified and investigated in the study area with an area of 277 km². Morphometric analyzes were carried out to determine and evaluate the morphological features of these karstic depressions.

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