Büyük Menderes River
The Büyük Menderes River, is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west through the Büyük Menderes graben until reaching the Aegean Sea in the proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Turkey
- Also known as: “Buyuk Menderes Nehri”, “Buyuk Mendeves”, “Great Menderes River”, “Maeander”, “Mæander”, and “Meander”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akköy and Batıköy.
Akköy
Village
Akköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,103. It is situated near the western Turkish coast just south of İzmir. Akköy is situated 5 km east of Büyük Menderes River.
Batıköy
Village
Batıköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 143. Batıköy is situated 6 km northeast of Büyük Menderes River.
Balat
Village
Balat is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,036. The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Miletus are near the village. Balat is situated 7 km east of Büyük Menderes River.
Büyük Menderes 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 Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Büyük Menderes River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαίανδρος”
- Arabic: “نهر بيك مندريس”
- Armenian: “Մեծ Մենդերես”
- Asturian: “Ríu Büyük Menderes”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Meandr”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Menderes çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Meandr”
- Azerbaijani: “Menderes çayı”
- Basque: “Meandro ibaia”
- Basque: “Menderes ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Бююк-Мендэрэс”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Мендэрэс”
- Belarusian: “Меандр”
- Bhojpuri: “बुयुक मियांडर नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “मियांडर नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “मियांडर”
- Breton: “Büyük Menderes”
- Bulgarian: “Бююк Мендерес”
- Catalan: “Büyük Menderes”
- Catalan: “Riu Meandre”
- Catalan: “Riu Menderes”
- Cebuano: “Büyük Menderes Nehri”
- Chinese: “大門德雷斯河”
- Chinese: “大门德雷斯河”
- Croatian: “Büyük Menderes”
- Croatian: “Meandra”
- Czech: “Büyük Menderes”
- Czech: “Meandros”
- Czech: “Velký Menderes”
- Danish: “Büyük Menderes”
- Danish: “Den store mæander”
- Dutch: “Buyuk Menderes”
- Dutch: “Büyük Menderes”
- Dutch: “Grote Meander”
- Dutch: “Meander”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيك مندريس”
- Esperanto: “Granda Meandro”
- Esperanto: “Maiandros”
- Esperanto: “Meandro”
- French: “Meandre”
- French: “Méandre”
- Galician: “Río Büyük Menderes”
- Georgian: “დიდი მენდერესი”
- German: “Büyük Menderes”
- German: “Grosser Mäander”
- German: “Großer Mäander”
- Greek: “Μαίανδρος ποταμός”
- Greek: “Μαίανδρος”
- Greek: “Μέανδρος”
- Greek: “Μεντερές”
- Hebrew: “בויוק מנדרס”
- Hebrew: “מאנדר”
- Hebrew: “מנדרס הגדול”
- Hungarian: “Büyük Menderes”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Maiandrosz”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Besar Menderes”
- Irish: “Abhainn Büyük Menderes”
- Italian: “Fiume Meandro”
- Italian: “Maiandro”
- Italian: “Meandro”
- Italian: “Menderes”
- Italian: “Valle del Meandro”
- Japanese: “メアンデル”
- Japanese: “メンデレス川”
- Kirghiz: “Чоң мендерес”
- Latin: “Maeander”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Menderesas”
- Lithuanian: “Menderesas”
- Mingrelian: “დიდი მენდერესი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Büyük Menderes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Büyük Menderes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Menderes”
- Norwegian: “Büyük Menderes”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Meandre (fluvi)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Meandre”
- Persian: “رود بزرگ میندر”
- Polish: “Meander”
- Polish: “Menderes”
- Portuguese: “Rio Büyük Menderes”
- Portuguese: “Rio maeander”
- Portuguese: “Rio Meandro”
- Portuguese: “Rio Menderes”
- Romanian: “Râul Büyük Menderes”
- Russian: “Большой Меандр”
- Russian: “Большой Мендерес”
- Russian: “Бююк-Мендерес”
- Russian: “Меандр Большой”
- Russian: “Меандр”
- Sanskrit: “मएनदर”
- Sanskrit: “मियाण्डर्”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Büyük Menderes”
- Slovenian: “Büyük Menderes Nehri”
- Slovenian: “Maíandros”
- Slovenian: “Meander”
- Slovenian: “Menderes”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Meander”
- South Azerbaijani: “بویوک مندرس چایی”
- Spanish: “Büjük Menderes”
- Spanish: “Buyuk Menderes”
- Spanish: “Buyük Menderes”
- Spanish: “Büyük Menderes”
- Spanish: “Rio Meandro”
- Spanish: “Río Meandro”
- Spanish: “Rio Menderes”
- Spanish: “Río Menderes”
- Swedish: “Buyuk Menderes”
- Swedish: “Büyük Menderes”
- Swedish: “Maiandros”
- Swedish: “Menderes”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Bujuk”
- Tajik: “Буюк”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Буюк”
- Turkish: “Büyük Menderes Nehri”
- Turkish: “Büyük Menderes”
- Udmurt: “Бадӟым Мендерес”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Меандр”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Мендерес”
- Uzbek: “Buyuk Menderes”
- Venetian: “Fiume Menderes”
- Welsh: “Afon Büyük Menderes”
- Western Frisian: “Meänder”
- “मियांडर नदी”
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