Yağlıdere stream

Coordinates: 40°56′52″N 38°41′30″E / 40.9479°N 38.6917°E / 40.9479; 38.6917
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Kurtbeli, the birthplace of Tohumluk stream, a main tributary of Yağlıdere
Cibril deresi, a small tributary of Yağlıdere joining to it in Köprübaşı in Espiye, Giresun

Yağlıdere (Turkish: Yağlıdere Çayı) is a stream that flows to the Black Sea in the west end of Espiye, the capital town of Espiye district in Giresun Province in Turkey.[1]

Description

The stream has two major and many small tributaries.

Çakrak village and join each other there. After this point, the stream is called as Yağlıdere. In its narrow valley it flows to the town of Yağlıdere, the center of the district with the same name. Finally it ends in the Black Sea near Espiye. It is 70 kilometres (43 mi) long.[2]

It has high flow especially in spring because of rain and snow in the Giresun mountains. This has caused flooding in Yağlıdere in the past. Digging in the bed of the stream and pollution from solid wastes of Yağlıdere Municipality have created problems.[2]

Etymology

"Yağlıdere" is a generic compound word in Turkish. "Yağ" means "

oily" or "with butter" in Turkish. "Dere" is "stream". Thus "Yağlıdere" can be translated into English as "Oily stream".[citation needed
]

There are two hypotheses for the etymology of the name. According to local history, there was a

pipeline made from clays, and were discharging dairy waste such as whey into the stream through the village. Dairy waste on the surface of the stream made it look oily.[3]
Thus it was called as "Yağlıdere".

The other theory about its name comes from the natural view of the fluids. It has many small stream waterfalls joining to its main bed. Because of these waterfalls of tributaries and sharp falls of its main stream on the rocky bed, it appeared as if its surface is covered with a foamy layer of milk and/or cream. When people in the past viewed the scene formed with foam, they called it "Yağlıdere".

References

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  3. ^ "Yağlıdere Kaymakamlığı". 2016-06-26. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 2022-06-10.

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