Green Canyon
Man-made reservoir hidden in pine-clad Taurus canyon walls, its water an eerily vivid emerald green.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Green Canyon near Antalya opens with the startling color of the water and traces it back to the Oymapinar Dam, completed in 1984, which drowned a valley deep in the Taurus Mountains beneath what is now a seventeen-kilometer lake. You'll hear the competing theories locals and scientists offer for the color, and how the surrounding gorge became a protected nature reserve in 2004. A tip: watch how the shade shifts as your boat moves deeper into the canyon.
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