The Kâhta Çayı is a river in
Adıyaman Province
Adıyaman Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. Its area is 7,337 km2, and its population is 635,169 (2022). The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdi ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, mostly in
Kâhta
Kâhta (; , ) is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.[İ ...]
district, rising in the southeast
Taurus Mountains
The Taurus Mountains (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek language, Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain range, mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastal reg ...
and draining into the
Atatürk Reservoir.
Its ancient name was the Nymphaios (Νυμφαίος) or Nymphaeus river.
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For most of its course, the Kâhta has a braided channel
A braided river (also called braided channel or braided stream) consists of a network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called ''braid bars'' or, in British English usage, '' aits'' or ''eyots''.
Braided streams te ...
. The ancient city of Arsameia lay on its middle course, before the Cendere Çayı feeds it on the right. Before the Atatürk Dam was built, the Kâhta was a right tributary of the Euphrates River
The Euphrates ( ; see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through S ...
.
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Rivers of Turkey
Landforms of Adıyaman Province
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