**6. Acknowledgements**

The authors are thankful to General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİGM) and Bafra Plain Irrigation Project Directorate of DSİ for providing shoreline measurements of the Kzlrmak River mouth, to General Directorate of Meteorological Affairs (DMİGM) for providing wind data of Sinop and Alanya Meteorological Stations, to Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography Department of Turkish Naval Forces (SHODB) for providing navigational maps used in computations. The authors also would like to thank to Prof.Dr. Ahmet Cevdet Yalçner, Dr. Ilgar Şafak, Salih Serkan Artagan and Mustafa Esen for their efforts and supports in various stages of the above given studies.
