Maeander River basin
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The Maeander River basin is the drainage area of the ancient Maeander (Menderes) River in western Anatolia, known for its highly winding course that gave rise to the word “meander.”
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gediz Basin | 1 |
| upper Maeander valley | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ancient Anatolian civilizations
ⓘ
ancient Greek toponymy ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
alluvial sedimentation
ⓘ
floodplain development ⓘ |
| climateType | Mediterranean climate region ⓘ |
| contains |
fertile alluvial plains
ⓘ
meanders ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| drainagePattern | meandering channel pattern ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Maeander River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Menderes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesViaMainRiverInto | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | English word "meander" ⓘ |
| geomorphologicalType | lowland fluvial basin ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | classical literature descriptions of winding rivers ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphologicalFeature |
natural levees
ⓘ
oxbow lakes ⓘ point bars ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
Hellenistic period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Greek geography ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalProcess |
channel migration
ⓘ
fluvial erosion ⓘ sediment transport ⓘ |
| hydrologicalFeatureOf | Aegean Sea watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | term "meandering" in fluvial geomorphology ⓘ |
| knownFor | highly winding river course ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ modern Turkey ⓘ western Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernNameOfRiver | Büyük Menderes Nehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Maeander River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aegean drainage region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Aegean Region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| toponymForm | Μαίανδρος (Maiandros) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasImportantFor |
ancient agriculture
ⓘ
ancient settlement patterns ⓘ riverine trade routes ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
upper Maeander valley
this entity surface form:
Gediz Basin