Kızılırmak River

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The Kızılırmak River is the longest river entirely within Turkey, flowing in a great arc through central Anatolia before emptying into the Black Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Kızılırmak River canonical 10
Gökırmak River 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Turkey
continent Asia
country Turkey
countrySubdivision Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey
deltaLocatedIn Samsun Province
describedAs forming a great arc through central Anatolia
drainageBasin Kızılırmak Basin
emptiesInto Black Sea
flowsDirection generally west then north
flowsIntoBodyOfWater Black Sea
flowsThrough Ankara Province
Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia

Kayseri Province
Kırıkkale Province
Kırşehir Province
Nevşehir
surface form: Nevşehir Province

Samsun Province
Sivas Province
Çankırı Province
Çorum Province
formsFeature Kızılırmak Basin
surface form: Kızılırmak Delta
hasDelta Kızılırmak Basin
surface form: Kızılırmak Delta
hasHydroelectricDam Kapulukaya Dam
surface form: Altınkaya Dam

Derbent Dam
Hirfanlı Dam
Kapulukaya Dam
hasTributary Delice River NERFINISHED
Devrez River NERFINISHED
Gökırmak River
historicalName Halys River
historicalRegion Cappadocia
historicalSignificance served as a boundary in ancient Anatolia
languageOfName Turkish
length about 1355 km
about 842 miles
locatedIn Anatolia
Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia

Turkey
longestRiverEntirelyIn Turkey
mouth Black Sea
nameMeaning Red River
partOf Turkish river system
sourceLocation Eastern Anatolia
near Kızıldağ in Sivas Province
usedFor agriculture
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation

Referenced by (11)

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

Central Anatolia Region containsRiver Kızılırmak River
Boğazköy hasNearbyRiver Kızılırmak River
Kızılırmak River (nearby region) hasTributary Kızılırmak River
subject surface form: Kızılırmak River
this entity surface form: Gökırmak River
Samsun Province majorRiver Kızılırmak River
Avanos locatedOnRiver Kızılırmak River
Kızılırmak Basin drainedBy Kızılırmak River
Kızılırmak Basin hasPart Kızılırmak River
Kızılırmak Basin namedAfter Kızılırmak River
Kırıkkale Province hasMajorRiver Kızılırmak River
Kalecik locatedOn Kızılırmak River
Black Sea drainage basin hasMajorRiver Kızılırmak River