Maeander River basin

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The Maeander River basin is the drainage area of the ancient Maeander (Menderes) River in western Anatolia, known for its highly winding course that gave rise to the word “meander.”

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gediz Basin 1
Maeander River basin canonical 1
Maeander River region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
associatedWith ancient Anatolian civilizations ⓘ
ancient Greek toponymy ⓘ
characterizedBy alluvial sedimentation ⓘ
floodplain development ⓘ
climateType Mediterranean climate region ⓘ
contains fertile alluvial plains ⓘ
meanders ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
drainagePattern meandering channel pattern ⓘ
drainedBy Maeander River ⓘ
Menderes River ⓘ
emptiesViaMainRiverInto Aegean Sea ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo English word "meander" ⓘ
geomorphologicalType lowland fluvial basin ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation classical literature descriptions of winding rivers ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalFeature natural levees ⓘ
oxbow lakes ⓘ
point bars ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Asia Minor ⓘ
ancient Greek geography ⓘ
hasHydrologicalProcess channel migration ⓘ
fluvial erosion ⓘ
sediment transport ⓘ
hydrologicalFeatureOf Aegean Sea watershed ⓘ
influenced term "meandering" in fluvial geomorphology ⓘ
knownFor highly winding river course ⓘ
languageOfToponym Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
modern Turkey ⓘ
western Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Western Anatolia
modernNameOfRiver Büyük Menderes Nehri ⓘ
namedAfter Maeander River ⓘ
partOf Aegean drainage region of Turkey ⓘ
region Aegean Region of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Region
toponymForm Μαίανδρος (Maiandros) ⓘ
wasImportantFor ancient agriculture ⓘ
ancient settlement patterns ⓘ
riverine trade routes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Myus → riverSystem → Maeander River basin ⓘ
Celaenae → nearbyRegion → upper Maeander valley ⓘ
linked to: Maeander River basin
Uşak Province → locatedNear → Gediz Basin ⓘ
linked to: Maeander River basin
Marsyas → associatedPlace → Maeander River region ⓘ
linked to: Maeander River basin
Pamukkale travertine terraces → partOf → Menderes River basin ⓘ
linked to: Maeander River basin