Köprüçay ( tour: Köprüçay ) is a river in the province of Antalya , Turkey . In antiquity, the river was called Eurymedon or Eurymedont ( dr. Greek Εὐρυμέδων ). The length is 183 km. It originates in the mountains of the Eastern Taurus Mountains, flows into the Mediterranean Sea . The amount of water in a river varies greatly depending on the season. A river with a winter flood , with a maximum in November - December . The lowest water level in the river in the summer, from August to September .
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 View of the river with a Roman bridge built in the II century. | |
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| Length | 183 km |
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| Mouth | Mediterranean Sea |
| • Height | 0 m |
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| Water system | Mediterranean Sea |
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History
Near the mouth of the river in 469 or 466 BC. e. There was a battle at Eurymedon - a battle between the Delosian Union , which included Athens and its allies, and the Achaemenid empire under the leadership of Xerxes [1] .
In 190 BC e. , during the Syrian war (192-188 BC), there was a naval battle between the flotillas of the Seleucids and Rhodes , which performed in alliance with Rome . The royal fleet of Antiochus III under the command of the Carthaginian commander Hannibal was defeated by the Rhodes flotilla [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Eurimedont, river // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Titus Livy . XXXVII. 23-24