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    The Ceyhan River (historically Pyramos or Pyramus (Greek: Πύραμος), Leucosyrus (Greek: Λευκόσυρος) or Jihun) is a river in Anatolia in the south of Turkey...
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    Çukurova plain. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas to provide flood control and irrigation for the lower river basin around Ceyhan. Ceyhan has a Mediterranean...
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    The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a 1,768 kilometres (1,099 mi) long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field in the Caspian...
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    watered by the three great rivers, the Cydnus (Tarsus Çay Berdan River), the Sarus (Seyhan), and the Pyramus (Ceyhan River), each of which brings down...
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    Nevşehir Province Ceyhan River Adana Province Porsuk River Eskişehir Province Göksu River Mersin Province Müftü River Mersin Province Seyhan River Adana Province...
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    freeze. Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park located on the west bank of Ceyhan River in Osmaniye Province. The park include the Karatepe Hittite fortress...
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  • Adana, and Ceyhan, the most populous town of the Adana Province, as well as many villages located between both cities along the Ceyhan River. The most...
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  • İskenderun, in modern-day Turkey. It encircled the Taurus Mountains and the Ceyhan River. The centre of the kingdom was the city of Kummanni, in the highlands...
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    south-central Turkey. It begins south of the Taurus Mountains and the Ceyhan river, runs roughly parallel to the Gulf of İskenderun, and ends on the Mediterranean...
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    in Plain Cilicia. The settlement is situated on the left bank of the Ceyhan River, known in ancient times as Puruna or Pyramos. The inscription of the...
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    historical Greek name of the local Ceyhan River. The metamorphosis in the primary story involves Pyramus changing into this river and Thisbe into a nearby spring...
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    Osmaniye lies at the centre of a rich agricultural region watered by the Ceyhan river and known for growing peanuts. During the intensely hot summers many...
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  • concrete-face rock-fill  Brazil Canoas River 2006 Berke Dam 201 m (659 ft) Concrete arch-gravity  Turkey Ceyhan River 2001 Guangzhao Dam 200.5 m (658 ft)...
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    Yakapınar) is an ancient city in Cilicia Campestris on the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan River) located approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of ancient Antiochia...
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    Yılankale (category Ceyhan)
    the east bank of the Ceyhan River, and the Bronze and Iron Age site of Sirkeli Höyük, six kilometers west of the town of Ceyhan. The building is locally...
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    Cilician Armenia. He invaded Cilicia in February 1130, traveling along the Ceyhan River. Leo I of Cilicia sought assistance from the Danishmend Emir Gazi who...
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  • grandmother, Constance of France. Bohemond was killed in a battle at the Ceyhan River in February 1130. After his death, Alice assumed the regency for Constance...
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  • The Ceyhan spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus zekayi) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Ceyhan River drainage in...
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    its population is 50,676 (2022). It is near one of the sources of the Ceyhan River (ancient Pyramos), in the ancient region of Cataonia. Cucusus has an...
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  • freshwater cyprinid fish found in rivers draining into the Gulf of İskenderun, including the Seyhan River and Ceyhan River in Turkey. Freyhof, J. (2014)....
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    with otters, a 20th-century report of beavers by Hans Kummerlöwe in the Ceyhan River drainage of southern Turkey includes the diagnostic red incisor teeth...
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    Nur Mountains and along Yarpuz creek which is actually a tributary of Ceyhan River. The distance to Osmaniye is about 20 kilometres (12 mi). Although presently...
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    Kahramanmaraş province. The city center is 568 meters above sea level. Ceyhan River, which originates from the mountains surrounding Elbistan Plain is the...
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    İskenderun in modern-day Turkey, encircling the Taurus Mountains and the Ceyhan river. The centre of the kingdom was the city of Kummanni, situated in the...
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  • mythology. Pyramus may also refer to: Pyramus, a historical name for the Ceyhan River in Turkey 14871 Pyramus, an asteroid HMS Pyramus, two Royal Navy ships...
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    Elbistan is located. It has a cold semi arid climate. Ceyhan River is the most important river in the province. Lake Kumaşır, along with some small crater...
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    in this town. Mopsuestia was a free town (Pliny) upon the Pyramus (Ceyhan) river, between Tarsus and Issus, some forty miles from either, and twelve...
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    retreat to Yarpuz, 20 km away. Turkish Forces from Ceyhan retreated to the northern bank of the Ceyhan River with a portion of the platoon beginning to move...
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    distinct species in 2012 from the Akdere Stream, a tributary of the Ceyhan River in Turkey. It is described as having a bulbous forehead, a blunt snout...
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  • Syrian priest, who led them by night to a safe shelter by the river Pyramus (now Ceyhan River in Turkey). They then crossed the Amanus range (now Nur Mountains...
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