Mert River

Mert River
River mouth at Samsun

The River Mert (Turkish: Mert Irmağı or Merd Irmağı); anciently, the Lycastus (Ancient Greek: Λύκαστος, romanized: Lykastos) is a river in Turkey which flows into the Black Sea at Samsun.

Geography

In 2022 flow measurements were lacking.

Samsun city in 2016

History

The ancient town of Lycastus in Pontus was located on the river; the site has not been located.

Pollution

A local politician claims the river suffers from domestic and industrial pollution, and fish die off in 2014 is being investigated by local officials.

Flooding

In 2012 flooding killed 5 people.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9. B3. Name: Lykastos fl. Modern Name / Location: Merd Irmağı. Reference: Olshausen 1984, 146., with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  2. ↑ Helli, Selma Urgulu; Nazmi Polat. "An Investigation on Fish Fauna of the River Mert (Samsun)" (PDF). Turkish Journal of Zoology. 26 (2002): 63–65.
  3. ↑ Demi̇r, Vahdetti̇n; Keskin, Aslı (2022). "Flood flow calculation and flood modeling in rivers that do not have enough flow measurement (Samsun, Mert River sample)". Geomatik. 7 (2). doi:10.29128/geomatik.918502. hdl:20.500.12498/5069. ISSN 2564-6761.
  4. ↑ "Haber Gazetesi - Güncel : Mert Irmağı'nda balık kalmadı". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  5. ↑ "Mert Irmağı'nda Balık Ölümleri".

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