Nestos River
The Nestos or the Mesta, formerly the Mesta Karasu, is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos.
Photo: Papatrexas, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Bulgaria and Greece
- Also known as: “Karasú”, “Msta”, “Nessos”, “Nestas”, “Nesto”, “Nestos”, “Nestos Nehri”, “Néstos Potamós”, “Nestos-Fluss”, “Nestus”, “Qarasu çayı”, “Râul Mesta”, “Rio Mecma”, “Río Mecma”, “Río Nesto”, “Río Nestos”, “Карасу”, “ネストス川”, “メスタ・カラス”, and “梅斯塔河”
- Historically known as: “Mesta Karasu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keramoti.
Nestos River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.85° or 40° 51′ north
Longitude
24.8° or 24° 48′ east
Open location code
8GG6RRX2+X2
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Nestos River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Νέστος”
- Arabic: “نهر نيستوس”
- Armenian: “Մեստա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Nestos”
- Azerbaijani: “Mesta çayı”
- Basque: “Mesta (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Mesta”
- Bulgarian: “Места”
- Catalan: “Nestos”
- Cebuano: “Mesta”
- Chinese: “奈斯托斯河”
- Croatian: “Mesta”
- Czech: “Mesta”
- Danish: “Nestos”
- Dutch: “Mesta”
- Esperanto: “Nestos”
- Finnish: “Néstos”
- French: “Mesta”
- Georgian: “მესტა”
- German: “Nestos”
- Greek: “Νέστος Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Νέστος”
- Hebrew: “נסטוס”
- Hungarian: “Meszta”
- Irish: “Nestos”
- Italian: “Mesta”
- Japanese: “メスタ川”
- Kazakh: “Mesta”
- Kazakh: “Места”
- Kazakh: “مەستا”
- Korean: “메스타강”
- Ladin: “Nestos”
- Latvian: “Mesta”
- Lithuanian: “Mesta”
- Macedonian: “Места”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mesta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Mesta”
- Norwegian: “Mesta”
- Persian: “نستوس”
- Polish: “Mesta”
- Portuguese: “Rio Nesto”
- Romanian: “Râul Nestos”
- Russian: “Места”
- Serbian: “Nestos”
- Serbian: “Места”
- Serbian: “Нестос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mesta”
- Sicilian: “Nestos”
- Slovenian: “Nestos”
- Spanish: “río Mesta”
- Spanish: “Río Mesta”
- Swedish: “Mesta”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเนสทอส”
- Turkish: “Mesta Karasu Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Места”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mesta”
- Vietnamese: “Nestos”
- Western Armenian: “Նեսթոս”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dasochori and Monastiraki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ákra Karasú and Escombe Point.
Bulgaria: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Sofia and Veliko Tarnovo.
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