Gönen Çayı

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Gönen Çayı
ancient names: Aisepos, Aesepus
Gönen dam

Gönen dam

Data
location Çanakkale , Balıkesir ( Turkey )
River system Gönen Çayı
Headwaters in the Ida Mountains in the Yenice district
39 ° 49 ′ 52 ″  N , 27 ° 9 ′ 59 ″  E
muzzle near Misakça in the Erdek Bay of the Marmara Sea Coordinates: 40 ° 19 ′ 35 ″  N , 27 ° 38 ′ 1 ″  E 40 ° 19 ′ 35 ″  N , 27 ° 38 ′ 1 ″  E
Mouth height m

length 134 km
Catchment area 1450 km²
Drain MQ
25 m³ / s
Reservoirs flowed through Gönen dam
Medium-sized cities Gönen

The Gönen Çayı is a river in northwestern Turkey .

The sources are in the Ida Mountains in the district of Yenice in the province of Çanakkale . On its way, it first crosses this province in a north-easterly direction and is dammed by the Gönen dam at Yalıoba, at river kilometer 55 . Then it crosses the border with the district of Gönen ( Balıkesir province ), feeds another reservoir near Kumköy and then reaches the district town, also called Gönen. Now the Gönen Çayı turns to the north and flows with a delta west of the small town Misakça in the district of Bandırma into the Erdek Bay of the Marmara Sea .

The Gönen Çayı is 134 km long. Its catchment area covers 1450 km². The mean discharge is 25 m³ / s. The lowest measured discharge is 0.223 m³ / s, while the highest is 896 m³ / s.

history

In ancient times , the river was known as Aisepos (Latinized Aesepus ) and was crossed by the Roman Aisepos Bridge . The tomb of the Ethiopian king Memnon is said to lie on its bank after he was killed by Achilles in front of Troy .

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Remarks

  1. The Turkish Wikipedia has an article on Misakça, Bandırma
  2. The Turkish Wikipedia has an article on Erdek Körfezi