Maeander River delta

E620985
alluvial plain river delta

The Maeander River delta is a fertile alluvial plain in western Turkey formed by the meandering Büyük Menderes River as it empties into the Aegean Sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dilek Peninsula–Büyük Menderes Delta National Park (regionally) 1
Maeander River delta canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alluvial plain ⓘ
river delta ⓘ
adjacentSea Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
drainedBy Büyük Menderes River NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy fluvial deposition ⓘ
meandering of the Büyük Menderes River ⓘ
geomorphologicalType river-dominated delta ⓘ
wave-influenced delta ⓘ
hasBiodiversity migratory bird habitat ⓘ
hasCharacteristic active sedimentation ⓘ
alluvial deposits ⓘ
fertile soils ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal wetland habitat ⓘ
riverine habitat ⓘ
hasLandform floodplain ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
meander ⓘ
sandbar ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
hasProcess delta lobe switching ⓘ
meander migration ⓘ
overbank flooding ⓘ
hasRisk flooding ⓘ
salinization ⓘ
hasSoilType alluvial soil ⓘ
historicalRegion Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced harbor silting at Miletus ⓘ
knownFor progressive seaward progradation ⓘ
shifting coastline since antiquity ⓘ
languageOfToponym Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Aydın Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
western Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernRiverName Büyük Menderes NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Maeander River of classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Priene NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Aegean coastal plain of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Aegean Region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor citrus cultivation ⓘ
cotton cultivation ⓘ
grain cultivation ⓘ
watercourse Büyük Menderes River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Myus → situatedOn → Maeander River delta ⓘ
Mycale Strait → adjacentTo → Maeander River delta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dilek Peninsula–Büyük Menderes Delta National Park (regionally)