Meander River
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The Meander River is an ancient river in western Turkey, historically significant for its winding course that gave rise to the word "meander" and for flowing past several important Greek and Roman cities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meander River canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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river ⓘ |
| ancientGreekName | Μαίανδρος NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancientName |
Maeander
NERFINISHED
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Maiandros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCivilization |
Ancient Greece
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Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | western Anatolia ⓘ |
| etymologyOf | English word "meander" ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
forms many meanders and oxbow patterns
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highly sinuous course ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | boundary marker between ancient regions ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole | supported agriculture in surrounding plains in antiquity ⓘ |
| hasSedimentationEffect | contributed to silting of harbors such as Miletus ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Caria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
featured in ancient Greek literature
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important waterway for several Greek and Roman cities ⓘ |
| influencedTerm | geomorphological term "meander" ⓘ |
| knownFor |
giving rise to the word "meander"
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winding course ⓘ |
| languageOfAncientName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Herodotus
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Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernTurkishName | Büyük Menderes Nehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "Great Meander" in Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
ancient region of Lydia
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ancient region of Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aegean drainage basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Magnesia on the Maeander
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Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ Priene NERFINISHED ⓘ Tralles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Anatolian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeLocalityFor | meandering river pattern ⓘ |
| usedAsExampleIn | fluvial geomorphology ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.