Saklıkent Canyon

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For the ski resort, see Saklıkent.

A view from the canyon

Saklıkent Canyon is located in Muğla province in Turkey, 50 km from the city of Fethiye. The Canyon is 300 meters deep and 18 km long, one of the deepest in the world, resulting from the abrasion of the rocks by flowing waters over thousands of years. As the level of water rises during winter months, visitors can enter the canyon only in the summer. Four kilometers of the canyon are walkable after April, when most of the snow in the Taurus Mountains has melted and passed through on its way to the Mediterranean Sea. Saklıkent means "hidden city" in Turkish.

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Saklıkent Canyon Photos on Flickr

v t e National parks of Turkey

Aegean Region	Akdağ Başkomutan Dilek Peninsula- Büyük Menderes Delta Mount Honaz Marmaris Mount Spil

Black Sea Region	Alacahöyük Altındere Hatila Valley Kaçkar Mountains Karagöl-Sahara Küre Mountains Mount Ilgaz Yedigöller

Central Anatolia Region	Aladağlar Göreme Lake Beyşehir Soğuksu Yozgat Pine Grove

Eastern Anatolia Region	Munzur Valley

Marmara Region	Gallipoli Kuş Cenneti Mount Ida Troy Uludağ

Mediterranean Region	Altınbeşik Cave Beydağları Coastal Güllük Mountain (Termessos) Karatepe-Aslantaş Kızıldağ Köprülü Canyon Lake Kovada Saklıkent Canyon

Southeastern Anatolia Region	Mount Nemrut

Coordinates: 36°50′33″N 29°15′18″E / 36.84250°N 29.25500°E / 36.84250; 29.25500

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