Kızıl River

Kızıl River

Infobox_River_TR
river_name = Kızılırmak


caption = Kızılırmak, İskilip - Taybi Ovasi
origin = Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
mouth = Black Sea
basin_countries = Turkey
length = 1,350 km
elevation = 2,000 m
mouth_elevation = 0
discharge = N/A
watershed = N/A

The Kızılırmak ( _tr. "Kızılırmak", "Red River"; _gr. Ἅλυς, "Halys River") is the longest river in Turkey. It is a source of hydroelectric power and it is not used for navigation.

Geography

The Kızılırmak flows for a total of about 1,150 kilometers, rising in the eastern Anatolian highlands around coord|39.8|N|38.3|E, flowing first to the west and south-west until coord|38.7|N|34.8|E|, then forming a wide arch, the Halys bend, flowing first to the west, then to the north-west, passing to the north-east of Lake Tuz, then to the north and northeast where it is joined by its major tributary, the Delice River (also known by its Greek name Cappadox) at coord|40.47|N|34.14|E|, and after zig-zagging to the north-west to the confluence with the Devrez River at coord|41.10|N|34.42|E|, and back to the north-east finally empties into the Black Sea at coord|41.72|N|35.95|E|.

History

The Hittites called it the Marassantiya River. It formed the boundary of the land Hatti, the core land of the Hittite Empire. In the Classical Antiquity it was the boundary between Asia Minor and the rest of Asia. As the site of the Battle of the Eclipse on May 28, 585 BC, [Historically, from classical historians until recently, known as the Battle of Halys; since renamed by some as "Battle of the Eclipse", as the "very first" pre-modern battle which can be dated "with certainty" due to the eclipse which brought about its sudden end and the peace negotiations which followed.] it was the border between Lydia and Media until Croesus of Lydia crossed it to attack Cyrus the Great in 547 BC. He was defeated and Persia expanded to the Aegean Sea.

External links

* [http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/halys/halys.html Livius.org: Halys] - Photos

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