Melyat

Melyat, is one of the main water streams of Pazar and Çayeli in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Melyat is 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi) long. It is 28 km from the city center of Rize. The source of the river is Cegalver Mountain in Hemşin district. River borders the villages of Zafer, Yavuzlar, Erenler, Çınartepe, Kaçkar, Kestanelik, Tektaş, Güneyköy, Şendere, Kuzayca, Örnek, Merdivenli, Leventköy and Balıkçı respectively.^[1]

Fauna

Fish species living in the river are

Liza aurata and Ponticola rizensis.^[2]

References

^ "Rize il raporu" (PDF). rtb.org.tr. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ Esra Bayçelebi, Cüneyt Kaya, Davut Turan (2017). "Rize İli'nin Güncel Balık Faunası". dergipark.org.tr. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

41°09′25″N 40°47′46″E / 41.157°N 40.796°E / 41.157; 40.796

[1] "Rize il raporu" (PDF). rtb.org.tr. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[2] Esra Bayçelebi, Cüneyt Kaya, Davut Turan (2017). "Rize İli'nin Güncel Balık Faunası". dergipark.org.tr. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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