Sakarya (river)
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Sakarya ancient names: Sangarios, Sangarius |
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| location | Afyonkarahisar , Ankara , Bilecik , Eskişehir , Konya , Sakarya ( Turkey ) | |
| River system | Sakarya | |
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Osttaurus 39 ° 21 '10 " N , 31 ° 3' 32" O |
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| Source height | approx. 1000 m | |
| muzzle | into the Black Sea Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′ 35 ″ N , 30 ° 38 ′ 56 ″ E 41 ° 7 ′ 35 ″ N , 30 ° 38 ′ 56 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1000 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.2 ‰ | |
| length | 824 km | |
| Catchment area | 53,800 km² (according to other sources: 58,000 km²) | |
| Drain |
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187 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Porsuk Çayı , Göksu Çayı | |
| Right tributaries | Ankara Çayı , Kirmir Çayı , Mudurnu Çayı | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Sarıyar Dam , Gökçekaya Dam , Yenice Dam , Gölpazarı Dam | |
| Big cities | Adapazarı | |
| Medium-sized cities | Karasu | |
| Small towns | Osmaneli , Pamukova , Geyve | |
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The Sakarya ( Turkish Sakarya Nehri ; Greek Σαγγάριος , Latin Sangarius ) is a river in Turkey . It is the third longest river in the country after the Euphrates and Kızılırmak .
The length of the Sakarya is 790 km. Its catchment area is 53,800 km². It rises in the province of Afyon and first flows towards Inner Anatolia. Then it turns again to the north and takes up the tributaries Porsuk Çayı and Ankara Çayı at the level of Polatlı . In late antiquity , the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian (527-565) had the stone Sangarius Bridge built at the strategically important river crossing at today's Adapazarı after the strong current repeatedly tore the pontoon bridge away.
The Sakarya is dammed 43 km south of Alpu to the Gökçekaya dam .
The Turkish province of Sakarya is named after the river .
Web links
- Article Sakarya in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Source Sakarya (video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b igemportal.org: Porsuk River Basin - Turkey ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Prokop, De Aedificiis, 5.3.8-11
