elevations around the Akdeniz neighborhood are around 1.5 meters, it rises to 6 meters in the Erdemli District
Centre and to 30 meters at Kocahasanlı village. On the merged data map, obtained by superposition of geological
maps and digitized elevations models, it can be seen that “the 1.5 km wide travertines were formed by the water
courses”. This is confirmed by the fact that the travertine’s extend as parallel to the coastal line and are situated at
the northern frontier of the plain.