Site Implementation Plan: Karapinar, Turkey

Table of Contents

1. Site Information
2. Summary
3. Location description
   1. Soils
   2. Geology
   3. Annual rainfall and seasonality
4. Stakeholder information
5. Land use
6. Conservation measures and experimental setup
7. Monitoring activities
8. Analysis

Annual rainfall and seasonality

Long-term (1953-2006) annual precipitation is 284 mm mostly ranging between 250-350 mm. Precipitation occurs as snowfall (25-30 mm/month) between December and March and as rainfall (35 mm/month) in May and June. July, August and October are almost dry (see graph for long term seasonality). Evaporation ranges 1250-1500 mm annually. Precipitation is never enough to sustain crop product. For this reason groundwater use is non-stop from seedling period (late winter) to harvesting.