2019, Doğu Coğrafya Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.17295/ataunidcd.580491The geological and geomorphological conditions of our country offer us many important differences in terms of the richness of the forms of the earth. Turkey's geological conditions in terms of elevation and slope has helped many young special shape to be formed from the geomorphological point of view. Waterfalls are one of the special forms formed on this young terrain on which the rivers are placed. I In recent years, especially with the emergence of alternative tourism activities in our country, natural formations have begun to attract increasing attention. Waterfalls, one of these natural formations, have been preferred more by tourists in recent years and have positive effects on increasing the economic incomes of their places. Tekke Waterfall, which is the subject of our research, is one of the natural resources that can be planned as an important tourist destination for Gümüşhane province and our country with the tourism potential it contains. This research was carried out in order to reveal the physical and human geography characteristics of Tekke Waterfall and its surroundings and to bring this field to tourism. Then, in August 2018, Tekke Village was located within the boundaries of Gümüşhane Province and the region was observed first hand within the scope of field studies. During these studies, technical devices were used and measurements were made with technological devices such as altimeter and GPS, photographs were taken with the camera and the data to be used during the writing of the work was provided. In this study, original maps containing different data of waterfall and its surroundings were prepared by means of GIS Program. In this research, physical and human geography features and tourism potential of Gümüşhane Tekke (Çorçol) Waterfall are emphasized. At the center of the research, the conditions of formation of Tekke Waterfall, its current appearance and the information that Gümüşhane should be included in the tourism potential were given. In addition, information about the geographical characteristics of the waterfall area is given and it is emphasized that this area has a rich potential in terms of alternative tourism activities