Pamukkale, Turkey

Pamukkale, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes natural depression, which has a temperate climate for many of the year.

The ancient Greco-Roman and Byzantine town of Hierapolis was engineered on high of the white "castle" that is in total concerning two,700 metres (8,860 ft) long, 600 m (1,970 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) high. It can be seen from the hills on the alternative aspect of the natural depression within the city of Denizli, 20 km away.

Tourism is and has been a major trade. People have bathed in its pools for thousands of years. As recently as the mid-20th century, hotels were built above the ruins of Hierapolis, causing considerable  harm. An approach road was engineered from the natural depression over the terraces, and motor bikes were allowed to go up and down the slopes. When the space was declared a World Heritage web site, the hotels were demolished and the road removed and replaced with artificial pools. Wearing shoes in the water is prohibited to shield the deposits.

Geology

Pamukkale's terraces are created of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the new springs.

In this area, there are seventeen hot water springs within which the temperature ranges from thirty five °C (95 °F) to one hundred °C (212 °F). The water that appears from the spring is transported 320 metres (1,050 ft) to the head of the travertine terraces ANd deposits carbonate on an area 60 to seventy metres (200 to 230 ft) long covering an expanse of twenty four metres (79 ft) to thirty metres (98 ft).