Kelkit River
The Kelkit River, is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the longest tributary of the Yeşilırmak. Its name derives from the Armenian Gayl get.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Volker Höhfeld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Erzincan, eastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Kelkit Brook”, “Kelkit Cayi”, “Kelkit Çayı”, and “Kelkit Suyu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eupatoria.
Eupatoria
Archaeological site
Eupatoria and Magnopolis, or Eupatoria Magnopolis, was a Hellenistic city in the Kingdom of Pontus. Eupatoria was the crossing-point of two great roads through the Pontus: the east-west from Armenia Minor to Bithynia; and the north-south from Amisus to Caesarea Mazaca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andıran and Karayaka.
Andıran
Village
Andıran is a village in the Taşova District, Amasya Province, Turkey. Its population is 251. Andıran is situated 3½ km west of Kelkit River.
Karayaka
Village
Karayaka is a town in the Erbaa District, Tokat Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,071. Karayaka is situated 8 km east of Kelkit River.
Kelkit River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Tokat Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Kelkit River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Kelkit River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գայլ գետ”
- Armenian: “Թերմոդոն”
- Armenian: “Լիկոս”
- Armenian: “Կելկիտ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kelkit”
- Bulgarian: “Келкит”
- Catalan: “Licos del Pont”
- Catalan: “Riu Kelkit”
- Cebuano: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Czech: “Kelkit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيلكيت”
- French: “Kelkit Çayı”
- German: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Κελκίτ”
- Hungarian: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Hungarian: “Kelkit”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kelkit”
- Japanese: “ケルキット川”
- Lithuanian: “Kelkitas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kelkit Irmağı”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kelkit-elva”
- Norwegian: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Russian: “Келькит”
- Russian: “Келькитирмак”
- Spanish: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Spanish: “Lycos del Ponto”
- Spanish: “Río Kelkit”
- Turkish: “Kelkit Çayı”
- Turkish: “Kelkit ırmağı”
- Welsh: “Afon Kelkit”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kale and Kızılçubuk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Erbaa Ovası and Killik Tepe.
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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 “Kelkit River”. Photo: Volker Höhfeld, CC BY-SA 4.0.