Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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Conservation statuses The site was designated as a <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site for being a karstic wetland by the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry in 2006. The site also has an Archeological Site Area status by Ministry <strong>of</strong> Culture and Tourism. importance. These are;; RAMSAR CRITERION DESCRIPTION Criteria 1 The site is a rare wetland area. The site has a special significance due to its karstic structure. It differentiates from other sinkholes since its diameter and depth is far more. Criteria 2 The site supports endangered bird species The site supports nine plant species, included in International endemic and/or endangered and/or Union for Conservation <strong>of</strong> protected under Bern <strong>Convention</strong>. Nature (IUCN) red list categories and species protected under Bern <strong>Convention</strong>. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE The site is controlled under the competence <strong>of</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry Konya Provincial Directorate General <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry. HYDROLOGICAL ASPECTS concentrates in autumns and especially winters. The <strong>of</strong> the districts, where meteorological data is collected, According to the meteorological data collected from some districts <strong>of</strong> the province formation, the sinkhole has the same volume <strong>of</strong> water as the groundwater. That is why he period 1996 to 2006 the water level has decreased 10 m more, data from a very close well reveals. The ground water flow trend is towards north in and around the sinkhole. 101
GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS The top unit is Upper Paleozoic (dating back to 545-251 million years before today) old marble. With an expansion in limited area, the unit is gray in color with a lot <strong>of</strong> fissure and fractures as well as cellular solution. Neocene (dating back to 23.8 1.81 million years before today) is represented with conglomerate, marl, silt, clay, limestone and siliceous limestone levels in a vast area. The limestone that caused karstification and formation <strong>of</strong> sinkholes also belongs to this period and is almost 3.000 m in thickness. Over the Paleozoic and Neocene, come the Quaternary (covers the past 2 million-year period) alluvions. Besides these;; basaltic lava, tuffite and pyroklastic material formed as units in the site. BIOLIGICAL ASPECTS Habitats microorganisms in the water is known to exist. The sinkhole is surrounded by plains, natural structure <strong>of</strong> which used to be shrublands, however transformed into agriculture lands in time. WILDLIFE Flora The site supports nine plant species, endemic and/or endangered and/or protected under Bern <strong>Convention</strong>. Acantholimon halophilum Allium sieheanum Allium vuralii Astragalus cicerellus Gladiolus halophilus Lepidium caespitosum Limonium lilacinum Sphaerophysa kotschyana Verbascum pyroliforme Endemic Endemic and threatened Endemic, Bern <strong>Convention</strong> Endemic and threatened Endemic and threatened Endemic and threatened Endemic and threatened Endemic, Bern <strong>Convention</strong> Endemic and threatened 102
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