stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
that flows to the
Black Sea
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in the west end of
Espiye
Espiye is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Espiye District.Espiye
Espiye is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Espiye District.Giresun Province
Giresun Province (Greek language, Greek : Κερασούντα, ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane Province, Gümüşhane to the ...
in
Turkey
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.
Description
The stream has two major and many small tributaries. Tohumluk Creek, one of its main arms, begins in
Kurtbeli
Kurtbeli is a lowland area of the Alucra district in Giresun Province of Turkey. It has rich caucasian fir and black pine forest and pastures. The highland is also a gate point between Espiye and Alucra districts. A narrow road connects two distric ...
highland and is used by nomadic people in summers. Kılıçlar stream begins in Erimez. These arms flow north to Üçköprü of Çakrak village and join each other there. After this point, the stream is called as Yağlıdere. In its narrow valley it flows to the town of
Yağlıdere
Yağlıdere is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Yağlıdere District.
It has high flow especially in spring because of rain and snow in the
Giresun mountains
Giresun () is a city in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. It is the seat of Giresun Province and Giresun District.
Etymology
"Yağlıdere" is a generic compound word in Turkish. "Yağ" means "
oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...
" or "
butter
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", and "Yağlı" means "
oily
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" or "with butter" in Turkish. "Dere" is "stream". Thus "Yağlıdere" can be translated into
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as "Oily stream".
There are two hypotheses for the etymology of the name. According to local history, there was a
dairy
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processing center in Çakrak village of
Alucra
Alucra is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, from the city of Giresun. It is the seat of Alucra District. Its population is 3,945 (2022). It was a district of Şebinkarahisar province between 1924 and 1933.
Etymology
Al ...
district. This dairy center was collecting raw milk from surrounding villages via a coarse
pipeline
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made from clays, and were discharging dairy waste such as
whey
Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained. It is a byproduct of the manufacturing of cheese or casein and has several commercial uses. Sweet whey is a byproduct resulting from the manufacture of rennet types of hard c ...
into the stream through the village. Dairy waste on the surface of the stream made it look oily. Thus it was called as "Yağlıdere".
The other theory about its name comes from the natural view of the fluids. It has many small stream waterfalls joining to its main bed. Because of these waterfalls of tributaries and sharp falls of its main stream on the rocky bed, it appeared as if its surface is covered with a foamy layer of milk and/or cream. When people in the past viewed the scene formed with foam, they called it "Yağlıdere".