Ceyhan River

The Ceyhan, with antique names Pyramus, Hittite Puratti, is a river in southern Turkey. It rises near the city Elbistan in the Taurus Mountains.

The river has a length of 509 km. It flows through Cilicia, leaving the Anti- Taurus ( Jebel Only ) at Mamista, where there was an important ford, and forms in the lowlands Çukurova a large delta from. There he joins in the city Karataş in the Adana Province in the Gulf of İskenderun (Mediterranean). The Ceyhan flows partially underground. The most important tributaries of the river are Söğütlü, Hurman, Göksun Çayı, Magara gözü and Aksu.

In ancient times, the Pyramus led far from Mallos. In the Middle Ages it changed its course and flowed closer to the Djebel Only (Anti - Taurus ) and culminated in the Bay of ajas which silted up rapidly.

At the Ceyhan there are several dams for electricity production. These hot Menzelet, Arslantaş, sir, and Berke.