Kızılırmak River
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Halys River
)| Kızılırmak Halys | |
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 Kızılırmak in Samsun | |
 Map of the Kızılırmak watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Cities | Sivas, Kırşehir, Kırıkkale |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | İmranlı, Sivas Province |
| • coordinates | 39°48′N 38°18′E / 39.800°N 38.300°E |
| • elevation | 2,000 m (6,600 ft) |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
• location | Bafra, Samsun Province |
• coordinates | 41°44′04″N 35°57′23″E / 41.73444°N 35.95639°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,355 km (842 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 128 m3/s |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Devrez River, Gök River |
| • right | Delice River |
| Official name | Kizilirmak Delta |
| Designated | April 15, 1998[1] |
The Kızılırmak (Turkish pronunciation: hydroelectric power and is not used for navigation.
Description
The Kızılırmak flows for a total of 1,355 kilometres (842 mi),Gökırmak (Blue River in Turkish) before finally flowing via a wide delta into the Black Sea northwest of Samsun at 41°43′N 35°57′E / 41.72°N 35.95°E.
The
Media to the east until Croesus of Lydia crossed it to attack Cyrus the Great in 547 BC. He was defeated and Persia expanded to the Aegean Sea
.
In the 1st century AD
Pontus and Lesser Armenia. The Halys River became an interior river and never regained its significance as a political border. In the 130s a governor of Cappadocia wrote: "long ago the Halys River was the boundary between the kingdom of Croesus and the Persian Empire; now it flows under Roman dominion."[4]
The river's water is used to grow rice and in a few areas water buffalo are kept. There are dams on the river at Boyabat, Altınkaya and Derbent. Dams have reduced the flow of sediment to the delta, allowing coastal erosion.[5]
References
- ^ "Ramsar List". Ramsar.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ Turkish Statistical Institute (2011). "Land and Climate". Turkey in Statistics 2011: The Summary of Turkey's Statistical Yearbook, 2011. p. 2.
- ^ Historically it was known as the Battle of Halys; it has since been renamed by some as the Battle of the Eclipse, as the first premodern battle which can be dated with certainty due to the eclipse which brought about its sudden end.
- ISBN 978-0-8122-3681-1.
- ISSN 0020-7438.
External links
- Livius.org: Halys - Photos
- sdu.dk/halys
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