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ÇORUH NEHRI (Čoruh)
...na netu mnoho popisů (nějaký výtah níže), naše horní
část z Bayburtu do Ispiru udávaná jako lehčí, cca WW II-III
100km, dále pak hodnoceno až WW V+, velká voda květen-červen,
podle tání sněhu v horách - "In
early May any idea of paddling the river for pleasure is ridiculous",- fotogalerie např. na turecké cestovce
Alternatif ...., uvedeme zde 3
kilometráže (ať to nenatahujem),
první je z
ministerstva kultury a sportu Turecka, druhý je asi starší DKV,
třetí podle
Dave Manby....
Artvin Çoruh River
ARTVİN ÇORUH RIVER
 The
River Coruh cuts through the mountainous region of Artvin and reaches
the Black Sea. Beginning at the Mescit Mountains (3225m), it flows for
466 km before reaching the Black Sea in Georgia, and is one of the
fastest flowing rivers in the world. Every year, local and foreign
watersports enthusiasts travel to the area for canoeing, rafting and
trekking in the Kackar Mountains. The small towns and villages located
along the river are historically interesting, and the whole area
represents the combination of Eastern Anatolian and Black Sea cultures.
The best way to reach the summit at Kackar Mountains is via the
village of Yaylalar, from where local guides and mules can be hired to
carry personal belongings. The natural habitat of Coruh River remains
undisturbed, and colonies of red vultures, which are threatened with
extinction, live among the rocks by the riverside. The area surrounding
the river is rich in wildlife, including grey bear, mountain goat with
hooked horns, wild boar, wolf, jackal, fox, badger, water sable, rabbit,
partridge, wild rooster, woodcock, wild duck, stock dove and golden
oriole.
Courses
A trip down the River Coruh starts at Bayburt, passing through Ispir
and Yusufeli and onwards to Artvin, a distance of approximately 260km in
four different sections.
Bayburt - Ispir (0-106 km): The Dikmetas Bridge near Bayburt
is an ideal starting point for this expedition, and has good areas for
camping on either side of the river. Aslandede and Laleli are the
pleasant campsites for the second camp.
With a class 2-3 water, the trip from Bayburt to Ispir can be
completed within three days on average. Approximately 3 km before
arriving at Ispir, the left bank has a good place for camping. The
nearby gas station and the shops in Ispir are useful for stocking up on
supplies.
Ispir - Camlikaya (106-134 km): After leaving Ispir by road,
there are rapids at 3km, 6.6km, 7.4km, and 8km. The small hut on the
left side of the road before the Camlikaya junction 28km, makes a good
rest stop. Drinking water can be obtained either from the brook flowing
from the mountains, 200m ahead on the left side of the road, or from the
spring to the right of the transformer station past the concrete bridge
at the Camlikaya road junction. Food can be bought can be bought from
Camlikaya (4km from the junction). The Ispir-Camlikaya route is class
3-4-5 water.
 Camlikaya
- Tekkale (134-178 km): After Camlikaya, the river banks are full of
rice plantations, vegetable gardens and fruit orchards. The river passes
Koprugoren at 48km, approaching the hamlet of Alanbasi at 54km. Camping
is possible next to the brook that joins the Coruh on the left bank
immediately before the village.
Past the concrete bridge, the river becomes rockier, with class 3-4-5
water. An old watchtower is visible before arriving at Cevreli. The
garden in front of the village primary school, to the right immediately
after the concrete bridge, makes a good campsite. There are also places
to overnight in Tekkale, 7 km ahead. From Tekkale, local guides can take
you up the mountains to see the historic Dortkilise, a medieval Georgian
church. Fishermen will enjoy angling for speckled trout (alabalik) in
the brook flowing nearby the church.
Tekkale - Artvin (178-261 km): From Tekkale, the expedition
proceeds to Yusufeli, 6km away, which has accommodation and simple cafes.
The Altiparmak (Barhal), one of the major branches of the Coruh, joins
the river close to Yusufeli. As the flow-rate of the river picks up
speed, the route becomes increasingly challenging, with class 3-4-5
water.
Oltu Cayi joins the river 9km after Yusufeli, near the Artvin-Erzurum
highway junction, behind a concrete bridge. The rapids begin 22 km from
Yusufeli.
This 100m stretch of white water, nicknamed King Kong, cascades
around sharp boulders with breathtaking velocity, making it the high
point of the expedition. The water is dangerous here, class 5+ water, so
those with less experience should not plan to cross this section when
the river is high. A large concrete sign inscribed with the letters EIE
to the left of the highway identifies this section of the Coruh.
There is a good place to camp 33 km before Zeytincik, stopping to
pick up any necessary provisions in the village. At 43 km, the river
enters a narrow 3 km long canyon, class 3-4. The gas station and inn at
Oruclu, at 57 km, provides a convenient finishing point for the trip.
Boats can be pulled on shore here, and there are a few basic rooms and a
cafe. Artvin is 20 km further on from Oruclu, with mostly class 1-2
water. Some groups prefer to extend the route right through to Artvin.
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DKV
Wild-Wänderfluss (Gebirgsfluß)
Mündung ins Schwarze Meer
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Der Coruh Nehri ist einer der schönsten Langstreckenflusse der Türkei.
Er durchschneidet das Pontische Gebirge mit Gipfelhöhen bei 4 000 m in
schönen
Schluchten er führt in türkische Einsamkeit, und er biete auf 240 km
Wildwasser in allen Schwierigkeitsgraden.
Leider geht die Zeit einer ungehinderten Befahrbarkeit zU Ende.
Der Bau von Staudämmen ist geplant.
Befahrbarkeit: wahrschentlich ganzjahrig.
Wasser: naturtrüb: klar Zuflüsse und Quellen.
Pkw: ab km 70 Naturstrasse neben dem Fluss Omnibusverbindungen von
Trabzon und Erzurum nach Bayburt und Borka.
Fahrdauer: etwa eine Woche. Man sollte sich Zeit nehmen für Land und
Laute, für Flora und Fauna.
Es ist zweckmässig den Fluss mit Gepäc im Boot zu befahren.
Mitnahme von Grundnahrungsmitteln wie Reis, Nudeln usw. Obst und Gemüse
findet man reichtlich am Fluß.
Schwierigkeiten: weitgehend WW II-III, kurzfristig WW IV. einzelne
Stellen bis WW V.
Wasserwucht.
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0 Bayburt, START, unterhalb der Stadt
nach Rückführungdes bei
dem Ort abgeleiteten Wassers. Schmaler
Kiesbettfluss, Sommer
85 etva 10 cbm/sek. Zunächst WW I.
50 Das Tal wird engar, WW II -III
70 Eine für Pkw geeignetr Strasse erreicht den Fluß.
Brücke.
80 Ispir: kurz vor dem Ort Beginn einer etwa 10 km
langen Strecke
im Bereich von Schlucken mit erheblicher
Zunahme des Gefälles und der Verblöckung, VVW IV.
Einige Passagen sollten unbedingt vor
Befahrung besichtig werden.
85 4 m hoher Abfall. Verklemmungsgefahr, WW V.r ^
leicht möglicht. Auf 50 km sehr schönes V-Tal mit
bewaldeten Hängen, starkes Gefälle,
zahlreiche wuchtige Schnellen. WW III.
140 Yusufeli, ^^ zu Bahal Dere [s. KB}. Es folgl ein Gebirgsdurch-bruch
in einem bis zu 1 500 m tiefen Tal,
zahlreiche Schnellen WW IV mit
Stellen WW V.
150 ^^ r zu Oltu Cay. Weiterhin enges Tal, weitere
Schnellen WW IV. Schwierigkeiten allmählich abnehmend.
170 Hier schneit der Bau eines Staudammes geplant zu sein.
Oktober 1988 wurden Probebohrungen beobachten.
190 Sirya, der Canon öffnet sich ZU einem lieblichen Tal
mit Wald und Almen.
200 ^^ r zu Berta Suyu (s KS). Brücke.
210 Brücke bei Artvln, die Fahrt wird vielfach hier beendet
240 Borcka, die Fahrt muß spätestens hier beendet werden.
265 Grenze iur GUS.
285 ^^ zu ins Schwere Meer.
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Dobrý popis podle
Dave Manby.
THE ÇORUH (Turkey)Section
: Bayburt to Artvin
Difficulty : V+ in high water
Season : May to August.
Length : Bayburt - Ispir 100 km class II
Ispir - Yusufeli 95 km class V
Yusufeli - Artvin 70 km class V
Character Remote, though not a wilderness trip as a road runs along side
for its length.
From Bayburt to Ispir the
river is flat, only aspiring to class II-III as it nears Ispir. The
river however is more remote with no main road intruding till Maden,
some 20 kms upstream of Ispir. It is during this stretch that the river
swings through 180 degrees and flows along the Kacgar mountains looking
for a weakness to break trough and escape to the Black sea. Though
Bayburt is sometimes used as the put-in, most trips, hungry for the
rapids, start a short way upstream of the little village of Ispir. From
the old castle above Ispir, now converted into a mosque, it is possible
to gain a glimpse of the river as it enters a
narrow gorge full of white water. Though the gorge opens out after some
ten kilometres the white water remains.
Many of the rapids on the Çoruh
have been named, but because of their frequency and the fact that they
have been named by independent groups much time can be spent working out
whether a particular rapid is “Minister’s rapid” and if so is it the
same rapid as “The Stud”? In 1991 the Minister of Tourism joined a white
water festival rafting down the river and took a lengthy swim at the
rapid that now bears his name. This rapid also happens to form one of
the “Joan Collins Set” which are the first five major rapids that arrive
within 15 kms. of Ispir. “Joan” dark and mysterious is followed by
“Alexis” pleasant but can turn nasty. “The Bitch” is self explanatory
and is followed by “Dynasty” (sometimes pronounced by a dyslexic
paddlers as dysentery) and finally “The Stud”. At high water these are
an awesome set of rapids almost merging into each other and will leave
even the world-weary expert impressed. After this opening assault , the
river eases and at normal levels provides one or two major rapids each
day and an almost endless stream of class III rapids each day till
Yusufeli is reached. Along this stretch some castles are easily seen
perched on the rocks above the river and others can be spotted if you
know where to look. These make great off-river excursions though the
castle at Tekkale (Single Castle) needs a little local knowledge and
stout nerves to climb the loose rock to reach it. A simpler and safer
plan is to take a taxi to Dortkilesi (Four Churches) and explore the
ancient and unexpectedly large 10th century Geogian monastry. Irrigation
canals pinch water off the river at regular intervals and can be seen
contouring the river banks for several kilometres before delivering the
water to the fields. “Perfect Portage” uses one of these as an easy
kayak sneak if the paddler wants to avoid the rapid and a good "Wow"
factor when you can see just how much the rapid has dropped sitting in
the eddy below the irrigation chanel at the bottom catching your breath.
Rice and their paddy fields are spreading upstream and these are taking
over from the wheat fields. Fruit orchards, with cherries mulberries,
apples, peaches and other fruits are also grown along the river. Olive
groves are found when the ground is level but the water scarce.
The
Bahal river, which is a pleasant class III for both rafts and kayaks
from Sarigol down and a class V kayak (only) run upstream of Sarigol,
joins the Çoruh at Yusufeli. Even if you decide not to run the river
this valley is well worth an explore, though the bus ride to Altiparmak,
the road head, takes half a day. The alpine meadows and wooded hills
make for a pleasant change from the stark brown banks of the Çoruh.
Lepidopterists and ornithologists often visits these high altitude
pastures looking for butterflies and the rare red hawk and other birds.
Brown bears still inhabit the region but are rare now. Expeditions to
climb Mt. Kacgar can start from here while another popular trek is to
head over the pass to Aydar and the hot springs.
Note that the weather
on the Black Sea side of these mountains is very different. Rain two
days out of three is the norm. (Along this coast there are many small
kayak sized streams which never seem to run out of water.) From Yusufeli
the valley narrows and the road becomes more intrusive but the rapids
increase in size and frequency so this
distraction is blotted from your mind. 8 kms. below Yusufeli the Oltu
river joins the Çoruh. About 10 kms. upstream of this confluence the
Tortum cayeli joins the Oltu. This has flown down from Tortum lake
through a gorge that is both spectacular and a geologist’s nightmare.
Anticlines synclines and the like abound reflecting the violence of the
geological activity. In fact some of the new houses passed on the way up
to the lake were built to re-house people after an earthquake flattened
Oltu in the winter of 1982/83. This geological activity has not
prevented the planning of dams on the Çoruh. The 1993 Project R.A.F.T.
event on the Çoruh led to the stretch from Ispir to Yusufeli being
declared a national park and so out of reach of the dammers. However
later changes of government before the necessary legislation was passed
means the dams are still planned on the river and if built will flood
the river from Yusufeli to Ispir.
Down the Çoruh more rapids await the
paddler along with the river’s biggest challenge. Care should be taken
as the river is now hemmed in by steep banks and rock cliffs and it is
easy to career down the river arriving above a rapid and be committed to
running it as the portage would be almost impossible (especially with
laden rafts). The Çoruh’s biggest rapid, know as “King Kong” or “Lava
East” or “House Rock” or “Aslam” depending on whose name you select is
one such rapid and is usually portaged in high water. Another problem on
this lower stretch is rock falls. New rapids appear or alterations to
existing rapids occur to confuse the regular runner. By Zeytinlik the
river is slowing and the rapids less frequent. The last 20 kms. to
Artvin are flat.
The Coruh’s water level drops dramatically through the
season as the snow melts. During the summer rain is a rarity on this
side of the mountains and what may fall is seldom enough to affect the
river level to any large degree.
In early May any idea of paddling the
river for pleasure is ridiculous, I have seen the top of the rock in
“House Rock” covered, but by the end of August in all but the biggest
snow pack years the notion of floating a raft on some stretches is
challenging in a different way.
Early June can be depended on to give
one of the finest multi-day white water trips anywhere in the world with
the longest flat water stretch being no more than around eight
kilometres. Planning a trip to the Çoruh? Consider being there for the
second week in June and visit the Kafkasor festival at Artvin: bull
fighting and wrestling along with folk dancing and exhibitions of local
handicraft. Take a tent and stay the night. The bull fighting is nothing
like Spanish bull fighting; it is bull against bull and the wrestling is
Karakucak wrestling, similar to the wrestling of Edirne but without the
olive oil. Also from the end of June most weekends have a local Yayalar
festival. All of which are well worth visiting. Imagine a village fete -
without the Women's Istitute to organise it and you just about get there!
Always plan to arrive on the Saturday and stay the night, the
entertainment is in the evening!
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Další popisy např:
http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/turkey/eastblacksea.html
MOUNTAIN VILLAGES OF THE EASTERN BLACK SEA
AND THE CORUH RIVER
http://www.gototurkey.co.uk/index.php?menu_id=44&submen=13
RAFTING CORUH
česky o přehradě
http://www.hydromagazin.cz/clanek.asp?id=591 a pádlovaní na
Çoruhu:
http://www.hydromagazin.cz/clanek.asp?id=581
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