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Büyük Menderes River

River in southwestern Turkey, namesake of the term 'meander'.

Its classical name became proverbial for any sinuous path.[1] Small boats are the only vessels that can navigate this river, as it is deep but narrow.[2][3]

Quick Facts

Other names
  • Maeander
  • Meander
  • Μαίανδρος
Mouth
Aegean Sea
Mouth location
Aydin Province
Mouth elevation
0 m / 0 in
Tributaries left
  • Çürüksu River
  • Akçay River
  • Çine River

Facts from the source article.

Geography and history

Some ancient sources claimed its sources were the same as those of the Marsyas River, but Xenophon placed the two sources near each other, not identical.[4] William Martin Leake reconciled these accounts by noting both rivers originate from a lake on Mount Aulocrene above Celaenae, emerging at different parts of the mountain below the lake.[5] Near Carura it passes from Phrygia into Caria, flowing through the Maeandrian plain.[6] It discharges into the Gulf of Icaros, an arm of the Aegean Sea, between the ancient cities Priene and Myus, opposite Miletus.[6]

The river frequently overflows its banks, and mud deposits at its mouth have pushed the coast about 4 to 6 kilometers further into the sea, uniting small islands with the mainland.[3] To the south of the Mount Messogis range, the Maeander takes a southwesterly course.[1]

What the cited sources add

The same text describes rivers as sons of Ocean, but notes their names are hard for a mortal to tell.[7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Büyük Menderes River" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hesiod, Theogony, line 339; Strabo, Geography, Book 12, Chapter 8, Section 15; Pausanias viii. 41. § 3; Ovid Met. viii. 162, &c.; Livy xxxviii. 13; Seneca Herc. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Büyük Menderes River" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Niketas Choniates, p. 125; Livy l. c. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Büyük Menderes River" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Strabo xii. p. 579, xiv. p. 636.; Pausanias viii. 24. § 5; Thucydides viii. 17.) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Büyük Menderes River" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Herodotus, Histories, Book 7 section 26.; Xenophon, Anabasis, Book 1 Chapter 2.; Strabo xii. p. 578; Maximus of Tyre viii. 38.; Xenophon, Anabasis 1.2.8.; Pliny (v. 31), Solinus (40. § 7), and Martianus Capella (6. p. 221). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Büyük Menderes River" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Asia Minor, p. 158, &c. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Büyük Menderes River" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: comp. Strabo xiv. p. 648, xv. p. 691; Pliny l. c.; Pausanias ii. 5. § 2. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Hesiod, Theogony, 334. facts only, no text reused. theoi.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Büyük Menderes River (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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