Mert River
| Mert River | |
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 River mouth at Samsun | |
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The River Mert (Turkish: Mert Irmağı or Merd Irmağı); anciently, the Lycastus (Ancient Greek: Λύκαστος, romanized: Lykastos)[1] is a river in Turkey which flows into the Black Sea at Samsun.[2]
Geography
[edit]In 2022 flow measurements were lacking.[3]
History
[edit]The ancient town of Lycastus in Pontus was located on the river; the site has not been located.[1]
Pollution
[edit]A local politician claims the river suffers from domestic and industrial pollution, and fish die off in 2014 is being investigated by local officials.[4][5]
Flooding
[edit]In 2012 flooding killed 5 people.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
B3. Name: Lykastos fl. Modern Name / Location: Merd Irmağı. Reference: Olshausen 1984, 146.
, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory. - ↑ Helli, Selma Urgulu; Nazmi Polat. "An Investigation on Fish Fauna of the River Mert (Samsun)" (PDF). Turkish Journal of Zoology. 26 (2002): 63–65.
- ↑ Demi̇r, Vahdetti̇n; Keskin, Aslı (2022). "Flood flow calculation and flood modeling in rivers that do not have enough flow measurement (Samsun, Mert River sample)". Geomatik. 7 (2). doi:10.29128/geomatik.918502. ISSN 2564-6761.
- ↑ "Haber Gazetesi - Güncel : Mert Irmağı'nda balık kalmadı". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- ↑ "Mert Irmağı'nda Balık Ölümleri".
41°16′44″N 36°21′07″E / 41.278889°N 36.351944°E
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