What is this gigantic hole that has appeared in the fields of Turkey?
Mar 3, 2023 · In recent days, a huge sinkhole suddenly appeared in the surroundings of Karapinar, in the Turkish province of Konya. Is it related to the recent catastrophic earthquakes in the south of the country? Here we explain all. A new geological phenomenon has …
Welcome to Sinkhole Village. Turkey's mysterious craters are …
Aug 11, 2022 · Turkey's mysterious craters are swallowing up fertile farming land in the nation's breadbasket. Scientists have counted approximately 2,500 sinkholes around the Konya basin, in Turkey's agricultural heartland. (ABC News: Tom Joyner)
Turkey’s deadly sinkholes threaten agriculture and peoples’ lives
Sep 8, 2024 · Varying in size the sinkholes are starting to threaten not on the farmers’ lives but residential areas as well including the regions of Cihanbeyli, Yunak, Kulu, Sarayönü and Kadınhanı, where the farmers’ rely on grain production. While sinkholes are believed to occur in nature, experts in Turkey say the sudden increase is manmade.
How do sinkholes threaten Turkish farmers’ livelihoods in Konya?
Jul 7, 2024 · Two large sinkholes have already emerged on his land, exacerbating the risk to his livelihood. Sinkholes, some as deep as 164 feet (50 meters), have been part of the landscape for centuries but their frequency has surged. Konya is an agricultural province known as Türkiye’s breadbasket and has been particularly affected by this phenomenon.
Huge gaps appear in farmers' fields in Turkey - FernFlower
Jan 18, 2022 · Experts attribute the recent surge in the number of sinkholes to the rapid loss of groundwater, as farmers use deep underground wells to irrigate fields. The massive sinkhole in central Turkey is explained by three years of drought and climate change.
Surge in 'Turkey's granary' sinkholes imperils agriculture
Sep 6, 2024 · Over 2,600 sinkholes in Turkey's Konya Plain are threatening agriculture and residential areas, driven by drought and excessive water use. Turkey’s fertile Konya Plain, dubbed "the country’s...
More than 2 600 sinkholes identified in Konya, Turkey
Oct 2, 2022 · More than 2 600 sinkholes have been identified in Konya Plain, Anatolia, Turkey, as of September 27, 2022. At the end of 2021, there were over 2 500 sinkholes, of which around 700 were deeper and 1 800 less than 1 m (3.3 feet) in depth. Konya Plain is known as Turkey’s grain store, with 70% of its population engaged in agriculture and livestock.
Farmer Yigit Aksel stares into a sinkhole in fields near Karapinar in central Turkey. Every time Turkish farmer Fatih Sik drives his tractor across his cornfields he knows the earth could open...
Sinkholes spread fear in Turkey's parched breadbasket - Phys.org
Jul 2, 2024 · Farmer Yigit Aksel looks into a large sinkhole near his home in Karapinar in central Turkey. Cem Kinay has opened a luxury 13-room hotel in an ancient inn close to one sinkhole.
600 large sinkholes open in Turkey’s breadbasket amid …
Apr 26, 2021 · Huge sinkholes fill the drought-stricken breadbasket areas of Konya, Turkey, posing a challenge for farmers as they look for other means to water their fields, the French Press Agency (AFP) reports.