Gediz River
The Gediz River is the second-longest river in Anatolia flowing into the Aegean Sea. From its source of Mount Murat in Kütahya Province, it flows generally west for 401 km to the Gediz River Delta in the Gulf of İzmir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Erzurum, western Turkey
- Also known as: “Aşağı Dere”, “Gediz”, and “Gediz Çayı”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foça.
Foça
Photo: Haluk Comertel, CC BY 3.0.
Foça is a town in the Central Aegean region of Turkey, 60 km north of Izmir. It's a beach resort easily within a day-trip of the city and in 2019 it had a population of 32,264.
Gediz River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: İzmir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Gediz River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Wu Chinese—“Gediz River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἔρμος”
- Arabic: “نهر جيديز”
- Arabic: “نهر كديز”
- Armenian: “Գեդիզ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Gediz”
- Azerbaijani: “Gediz çayı”
- Basque: “Gediz”
- Belarusian: “Гедыз”
- Belarusian: “Рака Гедыз”
- Bulgarian: “Гедиз”
- Catalan: “Gediz”
- Catalan: “Hermos”
- Cebuano: “Gediz Nehri”
- Chinese: “盖迪兹河”
- Chinese: “蓋迪茲河”
- Croatian: “Gediz (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Gediz”
- Czech: “Gediz”
- Dutch: “Gediz River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيديز”
- Esperanto: “Gediz”
- French: “Gediz”
- French: “Herme”
- French: “Hermos”
- French: “Hermus”
- German: “Gediz”
- German: “Hermos”
- Greek: “Γεντίζ Νεχρί”
- Greek: “Έρμος ποταμός”
- Hungarian: “Gediz”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Gediz”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gediz”
- Italian: “Ermo”
- Italian: “Gediz Irmak”
- Italian: “Gediz”
- Japanese: “ゲティス川”
- Japanese: “ゲディズ川”
- Latin: “Hermus”
- Lithuanian: “Gedizas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gediz Nehri”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gediz-elva”
- Polish: “Gediz”
- Polish: “Hermos”
- Romanian: “Râul Gediz”
- Russian: “Гедиз”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gediz”
- Spanish: “Gediz”
- Spanish: “Hermus”
- Spanish: “Rio Gediz”
- Spanish: “Río Gediz”
- Swedish: “Gediz”
- Turkish: “Gediz Nehri”
- Turkish: “Gediz”
- Udmurt: “Гедиз”
- Ukrainian: “Гедиз”
- Welsh: “Afon Gediz”
- Wu Chinese: “盖迪兹河”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hacılar and Sögütcük Mahalle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include İzmir Kuş Cenneti and Kuş Burnu.
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