Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, cilt.48, sa.4, ss.373-379, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
Forest fires are mainly caused by human activities. Therefore, the forest fire risk in an area is under the influence of humanactivities that may cause forest fires if the vegetation and topographic features are also suitable. While evaluatingthe effect of slope on forest fire risk in our study, It has been analyzed with geographical information systems (GIS) the startingpoints of forest fires have occurred in Turkey in the last 10 years. Thus, an objective assessment try to has been madeabout the effect of slope on forest fire risk. According to the analysis results, 40.53% of forest fires occur in Turkey the rangeof 0-10% slope. In addition, 87.16% of these fires occur at 0-30% slope. As a result, contrary to the general belief, it has beendetermined that as the slope increases, the risk of forest fire decreases. The slope affects the fire inversely proportional, Onthe other hand, it affects the forest fire danger in direct proportion.