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Maeander is a deep river, but not very broad. In many parts its depth equals its breadth and, so, it is navigable only by small craft. It frequently overflows its banks and, as a result of the quantity of mud it deposits at its mouth, the coast has been pushed about 20 or 30
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For the Greek god who was patron deity of this river, see
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630:Battle of the Meander
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385:. After passing the
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1696:Karacaoğlan
1361:Lake Kovada
1149:Mount Ilgaz
1101:Mount Honaz
993:Attribution
932:"Geography"
547:, Marsyas,
539:Tributaries
507:. South of
437:along with
391:Cindere Dam
383:Lake Işıklı
365:in rivers.
290:Tributaries
246: /
169: /
57:Native name
1846:Categories
1512:Yeşilırmak
1308:Kuşcenneti
1270:Nene Hatun
1174:Yedigöller
1144:Lake Abant
957:Wikisource
919:Wikisource
898:Wikisource
874:References
840:viii. 17.)
838:Thucydides
811:, p. 125;
775:Herc. Fur.
729:Asia Minor
695:Xenophon,
423:Asia Minor
407:Aegean Sea
351:Aegean Sea
277:Basin size
234:27°10′08″E
231:37°32′24″N
202:Aegean Sea
157:30°10′37″E
154:38°04′15″N
1532:Kara Dere
1517:Yağlıdere
1474:Black Sea
1371:Saklıkent
1293:Lake Gala
881:Herodotus
757:Pausanias
749:Geography
711:(v. 31),
686:viii. 38.
652:Histories
648:Herodotus
611:River in
588:Mythology
563:, Lycus,
327:Maíandros
1852:Anatolia
1830:Category
1746:Deli Çay
1651:Kaledran
1646:Köprüçay
1641:Manavgat
1593:Bakırçay
1527:Gelevara
1356:Kızıldağ
1106:Marmaris
970:Anabasis
965:Xenophon
946:Anabasis
940:Xenophon
912:Theogony
908:(1914).
883:(1910).
854:Theogony
745:Theogony
697:Anabasis
668:Anabasis
664:Xenophon
619:See also
565:Harpasus
553:Lethaeus
509:Tripolis
471:Xenophon
455:Celaenae
389:and the
315:Maeander
77:Location
1867:Phrygia
1784:Caspian
1716:Deliçay
1681:Limonlu
1671:Babadıl
1666:Soğuksu
1547:Marmara
1482:Sakarya
1303:Kazdağı
1222:Soğuksu
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713:Solinus
609:Alpheus
598:Oceanus
594:Meander
569:Marsyas
561:Obrimas
549:Cludrus
496:Miletus
467:Marsyas
459:Phrygia
449:Sources
439:Miletus
395:Nazilli
359:Miletus
331:Turkish
321:, from
319:Meander
96:Nazilli
82:Country
69:Turkish
1731:Ceyhan
1726:Seyhan
1656:Dragon
1570:Aegean
1492:Bartın
1487:Filyos
1318:Uludağ
1075:Turkey
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906:Hesiod
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856:, 334
850:Hesiod
825:Strabo
779:Phoen.
772:Seneca
741:Hesiod
699:1.2.8.
680:Strabo
602:Tethys
582:stadia
557:Gaeson
555:, and
545:Orgyas
533:Ionian
525:Priene
517:Carura
486:Course
443:Mycale
375:spring
355:Ionian
347:graben
339:Turkey
293:
269:Length
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119:Source
92:Cities
86:Turkey
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1857:Caria
1774:Hezil
1736:Payas
1691:Tömük
1676:Göksu
1613:Azmak
1598:Gediz
1583:Tunca
1537:Çoruh
1507:Terme
815:l. c.
709:Pliny
636:Notes
513:Lycus
463:Cyrus
435:Iliad
431:Homer
419:Caria
399:Aydın
379:Dinar
377:near
357:city
343:Dinar
197:Mouth
133:Dinar
100:Aydın
1797:Kura
1792:Aras
1701:Tece
1661:Sini
1636:Aksu
1631:Eşen
1555:Biga
1522:Aksu
1313:Troy
975:ISBN
813:Livy
781:605.
768:Livy
764:Met.
761:Ovid
613:Elis
600:and
529:Myus
527:and
441:and
403:Söke
401:and
309:The
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