Büyük Menderes River

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geographical feature river

The Büyük Menderes River is a major river in western Turkey, historically known as the Maeander, famous for its winding course that gave rise to the word "meander."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Büyük Menderes River valley 2
Büyük Menderes River basin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinLandUse cotton cultivation ⓘ
fruit and vegetable farming ⓘ
classicalCivilizationAssociated Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
countrySubdivision Afyonkarahisar Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aydın Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denizli Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uşak Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
deltaLocation near Söke ⓘ
deltaProtectionStatus protected wetland area ⓘ
drainageBasin Aegean Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologyOf word "meander" ⓘ
flowsInto Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDelta Büyük Menderes Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary Akçay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Banaz River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Çürüksu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalName Maeander NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maiandros NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedTerm "Mäander" in German ⓘ
"meander" in English ⓘ
"méandre" in French ⓘ
knownFor meandering path ⓘ
winding course ⓘ
languageOfName Turkish ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 548 ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
western Turkey ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn Roman-era geographical texts ⓘ
classical Greek literature ⓘ
mouth Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning Great Menderes NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity Magnesia on the Maeander NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Priene NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNear Aydın NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denizli NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Aydın Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denizli Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Aegean Region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceCountry Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation central-western Anatolia ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balat → hasNearbyWaterBody → Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
Aydın Province → majorRiver → Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
Aydın Province → locatedOn → Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Büyük Menderes River valley
Nazilli → locatedInValley → Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Büyük Menderes River valley
Nazilli → hasRiver → Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
Nazilli → locatedInRiverBasin → Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Büyük Menderes River basin