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 |
| • elevation | c. 2,000 m (6,600 ft) |
Mediterranean | |
• coordinates | 36°33′27″N 34°14′51″E / 36.55750°N 34.24750°E |
| Length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Limonlu Çayı |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Lamas Çayı (or Susama Deresi) |
The Limonlu River (
Ancient Greek: Λάμος Lamos; Latin: Lamus), also known as Gökler Deresi, is a river of ancient Cilicia, now in Mersin Province, Turkey
.
The river rises at Yüğlük Dağı in the
Limonlu (the ancient Antiochia Lamotis) in the district of Erdemli
. 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. 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.
History
The ancient name of the river was Lamos (Λάμος, Latinised as Lamus,
Al-Muti
. 2482 Muslim men and women were released, 230 were kept in captivity. Later exchanges took place elsewhere, since it subsequently belonged to the Byzantines.
References
- ^ Alexander Polyhistor cited by Stephanus of Byzantium; Ptolemy 5.8.6; Strabo, Geography, 14.5.6-7)
- ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.
| Black Sea |
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| Marmara | |
| Aegean | |
| Mediterranean Sea | |
| Persian Gulf | |
| Caspian |
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