Aksu is one of the main water streams of
Giresun Province in the eastern
Black Sea Region of
Turkey
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. Its name is Turkish for "white water".
Description
Aksu Deresi rises in
Karagöl, a rural highland area located very near to provincial borders of
Giresun,
Ordu
Ordu () or Altınordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, historically also known as Cotyora or Kotyora ( pnt, Κοτύωρα), and the capital of Ordu Province with a population of 229,214 in the city center.
Name
Kotyora, the ori ...
and
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province.
The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...
provinces.
Karagöl is a chain of mountains which is part of the
Giresun mountains, in the south of
Dereli district of
Giresun, and its summit is 3107 meters high. There is a crater lake on its summit, at above sea level. The Aksu creek flows down to the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
passing
Kızıltaş,
Sarıyakup, and
Güdül
Güdül is a rural town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 90 km north-west of the city of Ankara, off the motorway to Istanbul. The district covers an area of 419 km², and the average elevation is ...
villages. Its
mouth is next to the eastern part of Giresun city. The Aksu Deresi is long.
Rivers of Giresun Province
Rivers of Turkey
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