The Land Resources of Turkey and Activities of General Directorate of Rural Services
Açýklama:
Turkey is a mountainous and hilly country, average altitude is 1132 m, surrounded by the seas from the north (Black Sea), south (Mediterranean Sea) and the west (Aegen Sea). It is a peninsula which accounts for the great differences in climate, soil and the other ecological properties. Although Turkey is in the subtropical belt having a semi-arid climate with extremes in temperatures, the diverse nature of the landscape and particularly the existence of mountains parallel to the costs result in great differences in climatic conditions from region to region.
Average rainfall is 643 mm annualy, but it is not always in the right place and the right time to meet the real need, considerably changing by years and regions. Believing that desertification is one of the most serious common problem of the world and because of its oversensitive land conditions and urgency of activities, Turkey has signed the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and ratified by the National Assembly at 11th of February 1998.
