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.
Papatrexas, Public domain.- Stream
- …was formerly known as “Mesta Karasu”
- Description: river in Bulgaria and Greece
- Also known as“Karasú”“Mesta”“Nestos”“Néstos Potamós”“Nestos-Fluss”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keramoti.
Nestos River
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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.
ΝέστοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
نهر نيستوسArabic
ՄեստաArmenian
Ríu NestosAsturian
Mesta çayıAzerbaijani
NestosAzerbaijani
Qarasu çayıAzerbaijani
MestaBasque
Mesta (ibaia)Basque
КарасуBulgarian
МестаBulgarian
НестосBulgarian
NestosCatalan
NestusCatalan
MestaCebuano
奈斯托斯河Chinese
梅斯塔河Chinese
MestaCroatian
MestaCzech
NestosCzech
NestosDanish
MestaDutch
NestosEsperanto
NéstosFinnish
მესტაGeorgian
ΝέστοςGreek
Νέστος ΠοταμόςGreek
נסטוסHebrew
MesztaHungarian
NestosIrish
MestaItalian
ネストス川Japanese
メスタ・カラスJapanese
メスタ川Japanese
MestaKazakh
МестаKazakh
مەستاKazakh
메스타강Korean
NestosLadin
MestaLatvian
MestaLithuanian
NestasLithuanian
МестаMacedonian
MestaNorwegian
MestaNorwegian Bokmål
NestosNorwegian Bokmål
Elva MestaNorwegian Nynorsk
NestosNorwegian Nynorsk
ΝέστοςNorwegian Nynorsk
МестаNorwegian Nynorsk
نستوسPersian
MestaPolish
MstaPolish
NestosPolish
NestosRomanian
NestusRomanian
Râul MestaRomanian
Râul NestosRomanian
МестаRussian
НестосRussian
NestosSerbian
МестаSerbian
НестосSerbian
MestaSwedish
NestosSwedish
แม่น้ำเนสทอสThai
Mesta Karasu NehriTurkish
Nestos NehriTurkish
МестаUkrainian
НестосUkrainian
Fiume MestaVenetian
NestosVietnamese
ՆեսթոսWestern Armenian
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