Kelkit River

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Name: Kelkit River
Basin: Yesilırmak
Water type: River
Progression: Yesilırmak -> Black sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical
Continents: Asia
Countries: Turkey

Description

The Kelkit River (Turkish: Kelkit Irmağı or Kelkit Çayı), is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the longest tributary of the Yeşilırmak. Its name derives from the Armenian Gayl get (Armenian: wolf river). Its Greek name is Lykos (Greek: Λύκος), also meaning wolf, and romanized as Lycus. It rises in Gümüşhane Province and runs through the provinces of Erzincan, Giresun, Sivas, and Tokat before flowing into the Yeşilırmak at the modern village of Kızılçubuk, near the site of the ancient city of Eupatoria. The Kelkit follows the North Anatolian Fault for about 150 km from Suşehri to Resadiye and Niksar. In Hellenistic times, a major east-west road following the valley of the Kelkit led from Armenia Minor to Bithynia. It was the site of the Battle of the Lycus in 66 BCE.

Kelkit River

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