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Great Menderes River

river in Turkey
Place River Q211089

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
river
Native label
Büyük Menderes[17]

Location

Country
Turkey[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.215°, 29.828°, 🗺️ 37.540°, 27.169°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Afyonkarahisar Province[1]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+3[19]
Length
+548[18]
More facts +8
Part of
Greek mythology[4]
Basin country
Turkey[3]
Described by source
Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Wikidata item, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Pauly–Wissowa[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Discharge
+90[21]
Lake on watercourse
Lake Işıklı[6]
Mouth of the watercourse
Aegean Sea[5]
Tributary
Akçay Creek, Çine Brook, Banaz Brook, Lycus[7][8][9][10]
Watershed area
+25000[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Maeander en Great Menderes River en Mæander en Büyük Menderes River en Meander ar نهر بيك مندريس cs Meandros cs Büyük Menderes cs Velký Menderes da Den store mæander da Büyük Menderes de Büyük Menderes de Großer Mäander el Μεντερές el Μέανδρος el Μαίανδρος ποταμός el Μαίανδρος es Rio Menderes es Büjük Menderes es Río Menderes
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
239514138
GND ID
4211257-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Maiandros.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12194629t
De Agostini ID
Meandro, Menderes
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Menderes-River
FactGrid item ID
Slijpbeek (Arnhem)
Freebase ID
/m/03l9dr
GNS Unique Feature ID
-740810
GeoNames ID
320156
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1121561
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
menderes
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0041894
MANTO ID
9688232
Mythoskop ID
l225
NL CR AUT ID
ge322222
OpenStreetMap relation ID
14006313
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
3855
Pleiades ID
599777
Topic's main category
Category:Büyük Menderes River
ToposText place ID
376275WMae
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
meandro
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["River", "BuyukMenderes::f5364"]
Yale LUX ID
place/cb4ed789-a589-4df1-aa93-f863c4eda38c
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
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Licence
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🔗 Connections
Located in this place 2
Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir, Battle of the Meander
Tributary 2
Lycus, Çine Brook
← Mouth of the watercourse 2
Lycus, Çine Brook
Basin country 1
Turkey
Continent 1
Asia
Country 1
Turkey
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Instance of 1
river
Lake on watercourse 1
Lake Işıklı
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Afyonkarahisar Province
Mouth of the watercourse 1
Aegean Sea
Named after 1
meander
Part of 1
Greek mythology
← Delta of 1
Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park
← Domain of saint or deity 1
Meander
← FactGrid item ID 1
Peckleton
← Inflows 1
Aegean Sea
← Located in or next to body of water 1
Myus
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Adıgüzel Dam
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Great Menderes River include meander[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Great Menderes River include meander[22].

Related Entities

Turkey

References

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  1. 2d ago · Olaf Simons · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FactGrid item ID → Slijpbeek (Arnhem)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64987"
  2. 20d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Continent → —
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) +2
    "Created claim: Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  3. 19w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) +2
    Basin country → Turkey
    Part of → Greek mythology
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Afyonkarahisar Province
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Oxford Classical Dictionary ID: 3855, Matched to Maeander (#107286043) in Oxford Classical Dictionar…"
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