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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kadı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Turkey
- Also known as: “Sakaria Irmak”, “Sakarieh”, “Sakarya (Sangarius) River”, and “Sargonius”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karasu.
Karasu
Town
Photo: Yilmaz Aykurt, CC BY 3.0.
Karasu is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 411 km2, and its population 70,600. It is on the Black Sea coast, and its population increases in the summer due to tourism. Karasu is situated 5 km southeast of Sakarya River.
Sakarya River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Sakarya River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “Рака Сакар’я”
- Belarusian: “Сакар’я”
- Bulgarian: “Сакария”
- Bulgarian: “Сангариус”
- Catalan: “Riu Sangari”
- Catalan: “Sakarya”
- 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: “Sagaris”
- French: “Sakaria”
- French: “Sakarya”
- French: “Sangarios”
- French: “Sangarius”
- Georgian: “საქარია”
- German: “Sakarya”
- German: “Sangarios”
- Greek: “Σαγγάριος ποταμός”
- Greek: “Σαγγάριος”
- Hebrew: “סקריה”
- Hungarian: “Sakarya”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Sakarya”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sakarya”
- Italian: “Sakarya”
- Italian: “Sangario”
- Italian: “Sangarius”
- Japanese: “サカリヤ川”
- Korean: “사카리아강”
- Kurdish: “çemê Sakaryayê”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Sakaryayê”
- Latin: “Sagaris”
- Latin: “Sangarius”
- 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”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sangário”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sangarius”
- Portuguese: “Sangário”
- Romanian: “Râul Sakarya”
- Russian: “Сакарья”
- Russian: “Сангарий”
- Russian: “Сангариус”
- Serbian: “Сакарја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sakarya”
- Slovak: “Sakarya”
- Slovak: “Sangarios”
- Slovenian: “Sakarya”
- Slovenian: “Sangarios”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساکاریا چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Sakarya”
- Spanish: “Río Sakarya”
- Swedish: “Sakaria”
- Swedish: “Sakarya”
- Swedish: “Sakaryafloden”
- Swedish: “Sangarios”
- Swedish: “Sangarius”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Sakarja”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Сакаря”
- Tajik: “Сакаря”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำซาการ์ยา”
- Turkish: “Sakarya Irmağı”
- Turkish: “Sakarya Nehri”
- Turkish: “Sakarya”
- 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
Explore places such as Yenimahalle and İhsaniye.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Karasu Plajı and Potoğlu Deresi.
Turkey: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Istanbul, Edirne, Ankara, and Izmir.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sakarya River”. Photo: Kadı, CC BY-SA 4.0.