Kizilirmak River
The Kızılırmak, historically known as the Halys River, is the longest river flowing entirely within Turkey. It is a source of hydroelectric power and is not used for navigation.
Photo: LandSCape, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Turkey, tributary of the Black Sea
- Also known as: “Alis”, “Halis”, “Halîs”, “Halys River”, “Kızılırmak Nehri”, “Kızılırmak River”, “Kyzylyrmakas”, “Marrassantiya”, “Rio Kizil Irmak”, “Галіс”, “Кизилирмак”, “Ալիոս”, “Ալիսոս”, “Ալյուս”, “Գզըլրմագ”, “Գզլիրմագ”, “Գըզըլըրմաք”, “Լալիս”, “Խզըըրմախ”, “Կզըլըրմագ”, “Կզըլըրմաք”, “Կզըլիրքակ”, “Կըզըլիրմակ”, “Կիզիլիրմակ”, “Հալիս”, “Ղզըլըրմաղ”, “Ղզըլիրմագ”, “Ղըզըլըրմաղ”, “Մարասանիտա”, “Քըզըլըրմաք”, “نهر قيزيليرماك”, and “हालुस नदी”
Kizilirmak River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.73347° or 41° 44′ 1″ north
Longitude
35.95732° or 35° 57′ 26″ east
Open location code
8GHQPXM4+9W
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Kizilirmak River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kızılırmak”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἅλυς”
- Arabic: “نهر قزيل إرمق”
- Arabic: “نهر قيزيل إرماك”
- Armenian: “Ալիս”
- Armenian: “Կզըլ Իրմակ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kızılırmak”
- Azerbaijani: “Qızılirmaq”
- Basque: “Kizil-Irmak”
- Belarusian: “Кызылырмак”
- Belarusian: “Рака Кызылырмак”
- Bengali: “কিজিলির্মাক নদী”
- Bosnian: “Kizil”
- Breton: “Kızılırmak”
- Bulgarian: “Къзълърмак”
- Catalan: “Kizil Irmak”
- Catalan: “Kızılırmak”
- Cebuano: “Kızılırmak”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری قزل ئیرماق”
- Chinese: “克泽尔河”
- Crimean Tatar: “Qızılırmaq”
- Croatian: “Kizil”
- Czech: “Kızılırmak”
- Dimli (individual language): “Qızılirmaq”
- Dutch: “Kizil Irmak”
- Dutch: “Kızılırmak”
- Eastern Mari: “Кызылырмак”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر قيزيل ارماك”
- Esperanto: “Kızılırmak”
- Estonian: “Kızılırmak”
- Finnish: “Kızılırmak”
- French: “Kızılırmak”
- Galician: “Río Halys”
- Galician: “Río Kızılırmak”
- Georgian: “ყიზილ-ირმაქი”
- German: “Kızılırmak”
- Greek: “Άλυς”
- Hebrew: “קיזילאירמאק”
- Hindi: “कुज़ुलुर्माक नदी”
- Hungarian: “Kızılırmak”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Kızılırmak”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kızılırmak”
- Italian: “Kızılırmak”
- Japanese: “クズルウルマク川”
- Kazakh: “Қызыл-Ирмак”
- Korean: “키질이르마크강”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Sor”
- Kurdish: “Rûbara Sor”
- Lak: “Къызылырмакь”
- Latin: “Halys”
- Latvian: “Kizilirmaka”
- Lithuanian: “Kizil Irmakas”
- Lithuanian: “Kizilirmakas”
- Low German: “Kızılırmak”
- Macedonian: “Кизил”
- Malay: “Sungai Kızılırmak”
- Mingrelian: “ყიზილირმაკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kızılırmak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kızılırmak”
- Norwegian: “Kızılırmak”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kizil Irmak”
- Ossetian: “Кызылырмак”
- Persian: “قزلایرماق”
- Polish: “Kızılırmak”
- Pontic: “Άλυς”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kızılırmak”
- Portuguese: “Rio Quizil-Irmaque”
- Romanian: “Kızılırmak”
- Russian: “Кызылырмак”
- Scots: “Kızılırmak River”
- Serbian: “Кизил”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kizil”
- Slovak: “Kizilirmak”
- Slovenian: “Kızılırmak”
- South Azerbaijani: “قیزلایرماق”
- Spanish: “Río Kizil Irmak”
- Spanish: “Río Kizilirmak”
- Swedish: “Kızılırmak”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Кизилирмак Ҳалйс”
- Tajik: “Кизилирмак Ҳалис”
- Tajik: “Қизилирмоқ”
- Turkish: “Kızılırmak”
- Udmurt: “Кызылырмак”
- Ukrainian: “Кизил-Ірмак”
- Urdu: “دریائے قیزیلایرماق”
- Uzbek: “Kızılırmak”
- Uzbek: “Qizilirmoq”
- Venetian: “Fiume Kizil Irmak”
- Welsh: “Afon Kızılırmak”
- Western Armenian: “Ալիս Գետ”
- Western Armenian: “Ալիս”
- Western Armenian: “Ալիւս”
- Western Armenian: “Քըզըլ Ըրմաք”
- Western Mari: “Кызылырмак”
- Wu Chinese: “克泽尔河”
- “Kızılırmak”
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