Aksu Çayı (Mediterranean)

Aksu Çayı ancient names: Kestros, Cestrus
Satellite image of the lower reaches of the Aksu Çayı
Data
location	Antalya , Burdur , Isparta ( Turkey )
River system	Aksu Çayı
source	western Taurus Mountains 37 ° 42 ′ 33 ″  N , 30 ° 31 ′ 43 ″  E
Source height	approx.  1500  m
muzzle	east of Antalya in the Gulf of Antalya Coordinates: 36 ° 51 ′ 13 ″  N , 30 ° 55 ′ 13 ″  E 36 ° 51 ′ 13 ″  N , 30 ° 55 ′ 13 ″  E
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	approx. 1500 m
Bottom slope	approx. 9.3 ‰
length	162 km
Left tributaries	Kovada Çayı
Reservoirs flowed through	Karacaören-1 dam , Karacaören-2 dam
Big cities	Isparta

The Aksu Çayı is a 162 km long tributary of the Mediterranean in the south of Turkey ( Asia Minor ).

The Aksu Çayı was called Kestros (Latinized Cestrus ) in ancient times . Its Hittite name was Kaštaraya. The river has its source in the western Taurus Mountains south of Isparta . It flows through the city in a north-easterly direction and then turns south. It takes the Kovada Çayı from the left and flows into the reservoir of the Karacaören-1 dam . Then he passes the Karacaören-2 dam . He sets his course to the south continues and finally ends at the so-called Turkish Riviera east of Antalya in the Gulf of Antalya .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Max Gander: The geographic relations of the Lukka countries . Texts of the Hittites, issue 27 (2010). ISBN 978-3-8253-5809-9 . Pp. 63ff., 183