Altındere (river)

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ancient name: Pyxites
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location Gümüşhane , Trabzon ( Turkey )
River system Değirmendere
Drain over Değirmendere  → Black Sea
source Zigana Mountains ( Eastern Pontic Mountains )
40 ° 33 ′ 43 ″  N , 39 ° 41 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height approx.  2900  m
muzzle Değirmendere coordinates: 40 ° 48 ′ 42 "  N , 39 ° 36 ′ 43"  E 40 ° 48 ′ 42 "  N , 39 ° 36 ′ 43"  E

The Altındere ( Turkish for “Gold Brook”) is a small river after which the Altındere National Park (Turkish: Altındere Millî Parkı) was named.

The ancient name of the river is Pyxites and it was mentioned in Quintus Curtius ' story of Alexander . Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer describes in detail the valley from the mouth at Trapezunt (today Trabzon ) to the Sumela monastery in his travelogue “Fragments from the Orient” from 1840.

The Christian monasteries Sumela , Vazelon , Kaymaklı , Peristera and Kizlar are located on the river and its tributaries .

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