Limonlu River

Limonlu Çayı Lamos, Lamus
Limonlu in the Kayacı valley
Location
Country	Turkey
Province	Mersin
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Yüğlük Dağı
• coordinates	36°59′41″N 33°49′12″E / 36.994641°N 33.819911°E / 36.994641; 33.819911
• elevation	c. 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
Mediterranean
• coordinates	36°33′27″N 34°14′51″E / 36.55750°N 34.24750°E / 36.55750; 34.24750
Length	6 km (3.7 mi)
Basin features
River system	Limonlu Çayı
Tributaries
• right	Lamas Çayı (or Susama Deresi)

The Limonlu River (

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The river rises at Yüğlük Dağı in the

. About halfway along its course it is receives the Susama Deresi from the west as a tributary.

In the town of Limonlu, about 500 metres west of the river mouth on a flat hill on the right bank is the medieval castle Lamos Kalesi [de]. Below the castle a Late Ottoman bridge crosses the river, probably on the site of an earlier Roman bridge. North of the town are the remains of an aqueduct, which carried water from the river west to the ancient towns of Elaiussa Sebaste and Corycus.

The ancient name of the river was Lamos (Λάμος, Latinised as Lamus,

. 2482 Muslim men and women were released, 230 were kept in captivity. Later exchanges took place elsewhere, since it subsequently belonged to the Byzantines.

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