November 07
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Previous data
- 06.10, Distance: 3627 km (+ 11 km)
- Turkey: Bebeli - a village in the municipality and district of Karataş, Adana Province
NEW data
- 07.10, Distance: 3651 km (+ 24 km)
- Turkey: Lake Eşemen (Kaldırım - a village in Yumurtalık district of Adana Province)
- Janis is moving on the western shore of the Gulf of Iskenderun since 02.10 and spends the nights there mostly on pylons (electricity transmission and distribution towers). On 07.11 Janis moved to one new area - Lake Eşemen (Ramsar Site).
... There are numerous lakes and lagoons within the site. They are the sub components of Camlik, located in the former riverbed of Ceyhan, and Yelkoma, located in the south, lagoons system. ...
Yelkoma Lagoon System comprises Eşemen and Avciali Lakes. The two lakse are considered as separate lakes since they have slight separations; though they indeed compose one single system.
The depth has decreased to 30 50 cm from 1.5 2 meters in the past 20 years. The sands carried from the sand dunes by wind erosion has been effective in siltation. Apart from the mentioned, there are many lakes in the site, not shown on the maps. Lagoons used to be fed by the regular floods of Ceyhan River in the past. Since the floods are prevented by the dams constructed on Ceyhan River and its tributaries, freshwater feeding to the lagoons is also prevented. Currently the freshwater sources of the lagoons are precipitation water falling on the surface and the basin of the lagoon, leaking effects and artesianic feeding. ...
(https://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/fi ... nglish.pdf)
VIEWs on this area - reels:
22.05.2025
https://youtu.be/SLo4eM6fbX0?si=QSMiVWrQCdoPXQjn
18.03.2025
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHVtsYzonsO/?hl=en
