Goksu River
The Göksu River, known in antiquity as the Calycadnus and in the Middle Ages as the Saleph, is a river on the Taşeli Plateau in southern Turkey. Its two sources arise in the Taurus Mountains—the northern in the Geyik Mountains and the southern in the Haydar Mountains—and meet south of Mut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Karaman, south-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Calycadnus Flumen”, “Ghiuk-Suyu”, “Göksu”, “Göksu Çayı”, and “River Göksu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kurtuluş and Sökün.
Kurtuluş
Village
Photo: Yılmaz Kilim, CC BY 3.0.
Kurtuluş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,121. It is situated in the Göksu Delta. The distance to Silifke is 8 kilometres and to Mersin is 86 kilometres. Kurtuluş is situated 3½ km northwest of Goksu River.
Sökün
Village
Sökün is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 517. It is situated in the Göksu Delta. Sökün is situated 3½ km northwest of Goksu River.
Arkum
Village
Arkum is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,737. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Arkum is situated 4½ km northeast of Goksu River.
Goksu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Goksu River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գյոքսու”
- Armenian: “Կալիկադնոս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Göksu”
- Azerbaijani: “Göksu”
- Catalan: “Göksu”
- Cebuano: “Göksu Nehri”
- Chinese: “格克蘇河”
- Czech: “Göksu”
- Danish: “Göksu”
- Dutch: “Selef”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جوكسو”
- Esperanto: “Göksu”
- Finnish: “Göksu-joki”
- Finnish: “Göksu”
- French: “Göksu Nehri”
- Georgian: “გიოქსუ”
- German: “Göksu”
- Greek: “Γκιόκσου”
- Icelandic: “Göksu”
- Irish: “Göksu”
- Italian: “Göksu”
- Japanese: “ギョクス川”
- Japanese: “サレフ川（ギョクス川）”
- Latin: “Calycadnus”
- Mingrelian: “გიოქსუ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Göksu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göksu”
- Norwegian: “Göksu”
- Persian: “گوسکو”
- Polish: “Göksu”
- Portuguese: “Calycadnus”
- Portuguese: “Geuk Su”
- Portuguese: “Goksu Nehri”
- Portuguese: “Göksu”
- Portuguese: “rio Göksu”
- Portuguese: “Saleph”
- Romanian: “Göksu”
- Russian: “Гёксу”
- Russian: “Каликадн”
- Russian: “Каликаднос”
- Spanish: “Río Göksu”
- Turkish: “Göksu”
- Ukrainian: “Гьоксу”
- Venetian: “Fiume Göksu”
- Wu Chinese: “格克苏河”
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