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The Karasu (Turkish for 'black water') or Western Euphrates is a long river in eastern Turkey, one of the two sources of the Euphrates. It has a length of about 450 km. To the ancient Greeks the river was known as the Τηλεβόας (Telebóas).

This article is about the major tributary of the Euphrates. For rivers with similar names, see Karasu (disambiguation).

Course


The river rises on the Dumlu Dağ in Erzurum Province,[1] and drains the plains around the city of Erzurum. It is joined by the Serçeme River, then flows west through Erzincan Province, turning south, then west and receiving the tributary Tuzla Su. Between Erzincan and Kemah it is joined by the Gönye River and passes through a rocky gorge.[1] Near the small town of Kemaliye it receives its last tributary, the Çaltı Çayı, before turning sharply southeast to flow through a deep canyon[1] into the Keban Dam Lake on the Euphrates. Before construction of the Keban Dam the Karasu joined the Murat River 10 km above the dam site and 13 km above the town of Keban.[2]


History


It is thought likely that the river Harpasos mentioned by Xenophon in Anabasis 7.18 is the Kara Su,[3] or the headwaters of the river Çoruh.[4]

In 1996, 15 Turkish soldiers were killed when their personnel carrier fell into the river during a routine crossing.[5]

When temperatures in Turkey dropped below -25 °C in 2005 the river froze over and was used as a football pitch by locals.[2]


References


  1. Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke; Wilson, Charles William; Peters, John Punnett (1911). "Euphrates" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 894–898.
  2. "SOCCER ON FROZEN RIVER". Turkish Daily News. December 31, 2004.
  3. OCR Anthology for Classical Greek. Bloomsbury. 2018. p. 202.
  4. Xenophon, Rex Warner (1972). The Persian Expedition. Penguin Classics. p. 210.
  5. "Turkish personnel carrier falls into river". Xinhua News Agency. April 22, 1996.


На других языках

[de] Karasu (Euphrat-Quellfluss)

Der Karasu (türkisch für „schwarzes Wasser“), auch Westlicher Euphrat, ist ein Fluss in der östlichen Türkei. In der Antike und zu den Zeiten des Byzantinischen Reiches trug er den griechischen Namen Τηλεβόας (Telebóas).
- [en] Karasu (Euphrates)

[es] Río Kara Su

El río Karasu o Kara Su (en turco, Karasu, que significa «agua negra») es un largo río de Turquía, una de las dos fuentes —con el río Murat—, que con su confluencia dan lugar al nacimiento del río Éufrates. Tiene una longitud de 450 km,[2] aunque si se considera como el curso superior del río Éufrates, se llega a los 2739 km (y el sistema Éufrates–Shatt al-Arab, hasta los 2939 km, convirtiéndose en uno de los 30 ríos más largos del mundo y de los 15 más largos de Asia).

[ru] Карасу (приток Евфрата)

Карасу (Западный Евфрат[1], в верховье Карасу-Нехри[2]; тур. Karasu) — река на востоке Турции, правая составляющая Евфрата. Длина Карасу — 470 км, площадь бассейна 22 тыс. км²[1].


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