
REASONS OF DROUGHT IN KONYA BASIN AND REQUIRED PRECAUTION WHICH WILL BE TAKEN
(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2009, G. Gocmez)
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Konya Basin has wide area which 62.000 km2 and has important water potential. However water reserves decreasing in basin recent years. Groundwater levels are decreasing for global warming, scarcity of rains, unconscious usage, plant cover, uncontrolled illegal wells and conditions of basin coming near drought. Climatic data are changing because of global warming in Konya Basin. Average rain is 280,8 mm and this is very low. Drought period is living since 1998 in basin. Rain quantity of 2007 is less than average of...

