Kizil Irmak

American  

[ki-zil eer-mahk] / kɪˈzɪl ɪərˈmɑk /

noun

1. a river flowing N through central Turkey to the Black Sea. 600 miles (965 km) long.

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Kizil Irmak British  

/ kɪˈzɪl ɪəˈmɑːk /

noun

1. Ancient name: Halys.  a river in Turkey, rising in the Kizil Dag and flowing southwest, northwest, and northeast to the Black Sea: the longest river in Asia Minor. Length: about 1150 km (715 miles)

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Example Sentences

This has its origin in the high land, near the source of the Kizil Irmak, and thence runs south-west towards the volcanic district of Mt.

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East of the Kizil Irmak there is no single mountain chain, but there are several short ranges with elevations sometimes exceeding 9000 ft.

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With 758 the exception of Sivas, no town of importance lies in the valley of the Kizil Irmak throughout its course of over 600 m.

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From this point we made a very rapid descent, crossed the Kizil Irmak for the third time by an old ruined bridge, and half an hour later saw the “stars and stripes” flying above the U. S. consulate.

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At the base of Kosse Dagh, which stands upon the watershed between the two largest rivers of Asia Minor, the Kizil Irmak and Yeshil Irmak, our road was blocked by a mountain freshet, which at its height washed everything before it.

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