Sakarya River
The Sakarya is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of the principal rivers of Asia Minor in Greek classical antiquity, and is mentioned in the Iliad and in Theogony.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Turkey
- Also known as: “Rio Sangário”, “Rio Sangarius”, “Sakaria”, “Sakaria Irmak”, “Sakarieh”, “Sakarya (Sangarius) River”, “Sakarya Irmağı”, “Sakaryafloden”, “Sangario”, “Sangário”, “Sangarios”, “Sangarius”, “Sargonius”, “Σαγγάριος ποταμός”, “Сангарий”, and “Сангариус”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karasu.
Karasu
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Sakarya River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.12689° or 41° 7′ 37″ north
Longitude
30.64881° or 30° 38′ 56″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8GHG4JGX+QG
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Mari—“Sakarya River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σαγγάριος”
- Arabic: “نهر سكاريا”
- Arabic: “نهر صقاريا”
- Armenian: “Սակարիա”
- Armenian: “Սաքարյա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sakarya”
- Azerbaijani: “Sakarya çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Sakarya”
- Basque: “Sakarya (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Sakarya”
- Belarusian: “Сакар’я”
- Bulgarian: “Сакария”
- Catalan: “Riu Sangari”
- Catalan: “Sangari”
- Cebuano: “Sakarya Nehri”
- Chinese: “萨卡里亚河”
- Chinese: “薩卡里亞河”
- Czech: “Sakarya”
- Dutch: “Sakarya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سكاريا”
- Esperanto: “Sakarja”
- Esperanto: “Sakarya”
- French: “Sakarya”
- Georgian: “საქარია”
- German: “Sakarya”
- Greek: “Σαγγάριος”
- Hebrew: “סקריה”
- Hindi: “साकार्या नदी”
- Hungarian: “Sakarya”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Sakarya”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sakarya”
- Italian: “Sakarya”
- Japanese: “サカリヤ川”
- Korean: “사카리아강”
- Kurdish: “çemê Sakaryayê”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Sakaryayê”
- Latin: “Sagaris”
- Lithuanian: “Sakarija”
- Macedonian: “Сакарија (река)”
- Macedonian: “Сакарија”
- Malay: “Sungai Sakarya”
- Mingrelian: “საქარია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakarya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sakarya”
- Norwegian: “Sakarya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sakarya”
- Persian: “رود ساکاریا”
- Persian: “رود سقاریه”
- Polish: “Sakarya”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sacária”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sakarya”
- Romanian: “Râul Sakarya”
- Russian: “Сакарья”
- Serbian: “Сакарја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sakarya”
- Slovak: “Sakarya”
- Slovenian: “Sakarya”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساکاریا چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Sakarya”
- Swedish: “Sakarya”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Sakarja”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Сакаря”
- Tajik: “Сакаря”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำซาการ์ยา”
- Turkish: “Sakarya Nehri”
- Udmurt: “Сакарья”
- Uighur: “ساكاريا دەرياسى”
- Ukrainian: “Сакар’я”
- Urdu: “دریائے سقاریہ”
- Uzbek: “Sakariya”
- Venetian: “Fiume Sakarya”
- Welsh: “Afon Sakarya”
- Western Mari: “Сакарья”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yenimahalle and İhsaniye.
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