Mezitli River (''Liparis'' of the antiquity) is a rivulet in
Mersin Province
Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, A ...
,
Turkey
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The river flows in the mid-southern portion of the
Toros Mountains
The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a ...
from north to south. It is a short river and the birds flight distance between the headwaters and the mouth is about . Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
is and during the rainy seasons the length may increase by the contributions of irregular-flow tributaries. Although the river is small it had formed a valley of its own. The villages of
Uzunkaş
Uzunkaş (former Apsun) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Mersin Province, Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small ...
,
Turunçlu,
Karahacılı and
Bozön
Bozön is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Mezitli, Mersin Province, Turkey
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are in the valley. It flows to
Mediterranean Sea
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in
Mersin
Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...
(
Mezitli Municipality) at . In his book titled ''Voyage Dans La Cilicie et Dans Les Montagnes Du Taurus'' in 1853, the French Orientalist
Charles-Victor Langlois
Charles-Victor Langlois (; May 26, 1863, in Rouen – June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and was a lecturer at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, b ...
wrote that there were brier roses, laurels and grape plants in the valley.
Mezitli governor's page
But presently the valley is a center of citrus and pomegranate horticulture.
References
Mezitli District
Rivers of Turkey
Rivers of Mersin Province
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