Alata River (Turkish: Alata çayı) is small river in Erdemli ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey The headwaters are around the village of Toros (Küçüksorgun) in the Toros Mountains at an elevation of about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).
Flowing to south for 90 kilometres (56 mi),[1] it empties into the Mediterranean Sea at 36°36′13″N 34°19′10″E / 36.60361°N 34.31944°E / 36.60361; 34.31944.
According to the 1892 map drawn by Vital Cuinet and the 1897-salname (provincial annal) of Adana, Alata was the border line between Mersin and İçil districts (which were later merged with).
[3] A dam on the Alata River under the supervision of Turkish State Hydraulic Works is under construction.
52410 decare of land will be irrigated and 37678 GW-hour of electric energy will be produced.