Buyuk Menderes

The Buyuk Menderes River is the tenth-longest river located in southern Turkey. It begins in west-central Turkey at Dinar and flows west through the Buyuk Menderes graben till it reaches the Aegean Sea near the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The term "meander" refers to a winding pattern named after the river.

The Buyuk Menderes was a well-known river in Asia Minor. It first appears in Homer's Iliad in the Catalog of Trojans, alongside Miletus and Mycale.

The Buyuk Menderes is a deep but narrow river. In several places, its depth equals its breadth, making it only accessible by small ships. It frequently overflows its banks, and as a result of the amount of mud it deposits at its mouth, the coast has been pushed around 20 or 30 stadia further into the sea, and numerous small islands off the coast have joined the mainland.

Length: 341 miles