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Where is my basin?

Summary

Türkiye's 25 river basins on a map, with each basin's mean annual surface water and groundwater operating reserve (DSİ 2024) and the 5-year satellite water storage trend (NASA GRACE). Basin pages open in Turkish.

The map shades the provinces a basin covers; basin boundaries are not drawn. Provinces may belong to more than one basin. Basin pages open in Turkish. basins

Basin by basin

  • Meriç-Ergene BasinEdirne · Kırklareli · Tekirdağ · İstanbul
  • Marmara Basinİstanbul · Kocaeli · Balıkesir · Bursa · Çanakkale · Kırklareli · Tekirdağ · Edirne · Yalova
  • Susurluk BasinBursa · Balıkesir · Kütahya · Bilecik · Çanakkale · Manisa · İzmir
  • North Aegean BasinBalıkesir · Çanakkale · Manisa · İzmir
  • Gediz Basinİzmir · Kütahya · Manisa · Uşak
  • Küçük Menderes Basinİzmir · Aydın · Manisa
  • Büyük Menderes BasinAydın · Denizli · Muğla · Uşak · Afyonkarahisar · Burdur · Isparta · İzmir · Kütahya · Manisa
  • Western Mediterranean BasinAntalya · Muğla · Burdur · Denizli · Aydın
  • Antalya BasinAntalya · Isparta · Burdur · Konya · Afyonkarahisar
  • Burdur BasinBurdur · Isparta · Afyonkarahisar · Denizli · Antalya
  • Akarçay BasinAfyonkarahisar · Konya
  • Sakarya BasinSakarya · Eskişehir · Bilecik · Ankara · Bolu · Kütahya · Afyonkarahisar · Konya · Bursa · Kocaeli
  • Western Black Sea BasinZonguldak · Bartın · Karabük · Bolu · Düzce · Kastamonu · Sinop · Çankırı · Sakarya · Samsun
  • Yeşilırmak BasinTokat · Samsun · Amasya · Çorum · Sivas · Yozgat · Gümüşhane · Giresun · Erzincan · Ordu · Bayburt
  • Kızılırmak BasinSivas · Yozgat · Çorum · Kayseri · Kırşehir · Kastamonu · Çankırı · Ankara · Nevşehir · Samsun · Kırıkkale · Sinop · Aksaray · Amasya · Niğde · Konya · Tokat · Erzincan
  • Konya Closed BasinKonya · Karaman · Aksaray · Niğde · Isparta · Ankara · Nevşehir
  • Eastern Mediterranean BasinAntalya · Karaman · Konya · Mersin
  • Seyhan BasinAdana · Kayseri · Sivas · Niğde · Kahramanmaraş · Mersin
  • Asi (Orontes) BasinHatay · Gaziantep · Kilis · Osmaniye · Adana · Kahramanmaraş
  • Ceyhan BasinKahramanmaraş · Osmaniye · Adana · Gaziantep · Adıyaman · Malatya · Kayseri · Sivas · Hatay
  • Euphrates-Tigris BasinŞanlıurfa · Diyarbakır · Mardin · Batman · Siirt · Şırnak · Hakkari · Elazığ · Malatya · Adıyaman · Gaziantep · Kilis · Kahramanmaraş · Tunceli · Bingöl · Muş · Bitlis · Van · Erzincan · Erzurum · Ağrı · Sivas · Kayseri · Kars · Iğdır · Gümüşhane · Bayburt
  • Eastern Black Sea BasinTrabzon · Rize · Giresun · Ordu · Gümüşhane · Artvin · Bayburt · Erzurum · Samsun · Tokat · Sivas
  • Çoruh BasinArtvin · Erzurum · Bayburt · Kars · Erzincan
  • Aras BasinKars · Ağrı · Erzurum · Iğdır · Ardahan
  • Lake Van BasinVan · Bitlis · Ağrı

The numbers behind the map

25 basins in DSİ order. Trend: least-squares slope of the last 5 years of NASA GRACE monthly anomalies, basin mean; blank when fewer than 24 months are available. GRACE last data month: March 2026.
DSİ noBasinSurface water, mean annual (km³/year, DSİ 2024)Groundwater operating reserve (hm³/year, DSİ 2024)Satellite water storage, 5-year trend (cm/year)Trend class
01Meriç-Ergene Basin1.62498.2−1.03decline
02Marmara Basin7.36210.7−0.86decline
03Susurluk Basin4.47585.9−0.97decline
04North Aegean Basin1.78212.9−0.86decline
05Gediz Basin1.45866.9−1.05decline
06Küçük Menderes Basin0.54179.2−0.82decline
07Büyük Menderes Basin2.74761.5−0.98decline
08Western Mediterranean Basin6.21316.7−0.67decline
09Antalya Basin12.80576.3−1.18decline
10Burdur Basin0.2289.5−1.11decline
11Akarçay Basin0.39345.4−1.09decline
12Sakarya Basin6.011,545.2−0.70decline
13Western Black Sea Basin10.25607.6+0.14steady
14Yeşilırmak Basin6.89872.8+0.29steady
15Kızılırmak Basin6.461,762.9−0.21steady
16Konya Closed Basin2.172,023.0−1.31decline
17Eastern Mediterranean Basin7.0070.5−1.46decline
18Seyhan Basin6.18749.9−1.54steep decline
19Asi (Orontes) Basin1.62289.5−2.34steep decline
20Ceyhan Basin7.43533.5−1.96steep decline
21Euphrates-Tigris Basin54.503,763.7−2.21steep decline
22Eastern Black Sea Basin16.37490.9+0.24steady
23Çoruh Basin7.1420.0−0.44steady
24Aras Basin4.57294.4−1.04decline
25Lake Van Basin2.53148.2−2.04steep decline

Sources: DSİ Official Water Resources Statistics 2024, Tables 1.2 and 1.3 (dsi.gov.tr); NASA GSFC GRACE/GRACE-FO mascon RL06 v2.0; province list per basin from SYGM basin booklets. · Data as of: 20 July 2026

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