Maeander River
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The Maeander River is an ancient river in western Anatolia, famed for its extremely winding course that gave rise to the word “meander.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maeander River canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| ancientName |
Maiandros
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
ancient Greek geography ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythology | river god Maeander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Aegean Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologyOf | English word "meander" ⓘ |
| feature |
broad alluvial valley
ⓘ
numerous loops and oxbow bends ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Afyonkarahisar Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aydın Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Denizli Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Uşak Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GreekName | Μαίανδρος NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphologicalProcess | meandering ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Banaz River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Çürüksu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
formed a fertile alluvial plain near its mouth
ⓘ
important waterway in ancient Greek and Roman times ⓘ |
| inLanguage |
Greek
ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ |
| inspiredTerm |
"meander" in general English usage
ⓘ
"meander" in geography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extremely winding course
ⓘ
meandering path ⓘ |
| length | approximately 548 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ western Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Anatolian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernName | Büyük Menderes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyAncientCity |
Magnesia on the Maeander
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ Priene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aegean Region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Caria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn |
Mountains of Phrygia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central western Anatolia ⓘ |
| TurkishName | Büyük Menderes Nehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture in its valley
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.