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Menderes River

river, Turkey
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Also known as: Büyük Menderes Nehri, Büyük Menderes River, Maeander River
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Turkish:
Büyük Menderes Nehri
Historically:
Maeander
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Menderes River, river, southwestern Turkey. It rises on the Anatolian plateau south and west of Afyon and flows westward through a narrow valley and canyon. At Sarayköy it expands into a broad, flat-bottomed valley with a typical Mediterranean landscape, dotted with fig trees, olive groves, and vineyards. Near the town of Aydın the river turns southwest, emptying into the Aegean Sea after a course of about 363 miles (584 km). The ancient port of Miletus, which lay near its mouth, has long been landlocked and abandoned because of silting. The river’s classical name, Maeander (whence the English meander), is derived from the winding course of its lower reaches.