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. In the upper reaches it is usually called Sorgun Creek (Turkish: Sorgun Çayı). Flowing to south for 90 kilometres, it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Presently its estuary is in the urban fabric of Erdemli.
