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On approaching
Pamukkale, the first thing
you will see is a rock
platform over 100 m
in height rising up
from the plain.
The slopes of this hill,
which look from a
distance
like a great white speck,
are covered with
large numbers of pools
and terraces.
As you come nearer,
you will begin to see
this natural phenomenon,
which resembles a frozen
waterfall,
in greater detail.
On emerging to the surface, the solution of calciumcarbonate in the spring water decomposes into
carbon dioxide, calcium carbonate and water.
The carbon dioxide is released into the air while the
calcium carbonate separates off from the water
to form a grayish-white limestone sediment.
The water flows over the slopes into pools, the small basins
surrounding them and finally into the fields below.
It is in this way that these terraces over 100 m in height
composed of layers of the accumulated limestone sediment
have been gradually formed in the course of the ages.