Bayat (Çorum)

Bayat (Çorum)

Bayat is a district of Çorum province. Bayat is a settlement dating back to the 1st century BC. Although the rock tombs in the northeast of the city are thought to date from the recent Roman period, coin statues and tombs belonging to the recent Roman civilization can be found in many places within the district borders. The district's surface area is 770 km² and its altitude is 625 meters. It is located in the Central Kızılırmak section of Central Anatolia, with the eastward extension of the Köroğlu Mountains, at the intersection of the Central Black Sea Region and the Central Anatolia Region. The distance to Çorum is 83 kilometers. The average annual rainfall is 445.2 mm. The most important river in the district is the Bayat stream, which forms a 45-kilometer valley from north to south and flows into Kızılırmak, fed by snow water from Karatepe and Öbek Hill. In the north of the district, there is Karatepe, where the 2013 meter high Öbek Hill is located. As you move from north to south, the altitude decreases, decreasing to 500 meters. For this reason, the district has a broken, wavy and rugged land structure with mountains in the north and clusters of hills and partly plains in the south. In Turkey, the Black Sea climate prevails in the mountainous and forested areas in the north of the district, and the continental climate prevails in the south. The district is located in the transition zone between two climates. For this reason, summers are hot and dry and winters are cold and snowy. Precipitation is not regular, and it rains most in the spring season. The mountainous part of the district is generally covered with pine and oak forests. There are steppes in the plains. The oxygen reservoir of the district is the Karatepe forest area.