KASTAMONU (AA) – There was a rush in the Pınarbaşı district of Kastamonu, famous for its canyons and natural beauties, on the eve of Eid al-Adha. There was a density in the district where Valla Canyon, which is shown as the second deepest canyon in the world, Horma Canyon, which welcomes its visitors with its approximately 3-kilometer wooden walking platform, Ilıca Waterfall and Ilgarini Cave, are located. Visitors who wanted to spend their holiday in touch with nature walked in the canyons and took photos.
There was vehicle and pedestrian congestion in the district centre. It was learned that approximately 5 thousand people visited Horma Canyon on Eve. 11The water discharged from a height of 173 meters at the Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) in Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır turned into a visual feast. The amount of water in the basin of Karakaya Dam and HEPP, Turkey’s third largest dam and second largest hydroelectric power plant, reached 9.5 billion cubic meters with heavy rainfall.
In the Karakaya Dam and HEPP, which has an installed capacity of 1800 megawatts with a total of 6 units, 2 discharge gates of the dam were opened in the first place on May 11, after 7 years, against the risk of possible floods due to the water level approaching the maximum level. The discharge of pressurized water from the dam set, whose body height is 173 meters, turned into a visual feast. Rainbows occasionally form in the region due to sunlight.
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