Sakarya River

The Sakarya ( Turkish Sakarya Nehri; Σαγγάριος Greek, Latin Sangarius ) is a river in Turkey. He is after Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak the third longest river in the country.

The length of the Sakarya is 824 km. Its catchment area is 53,800 km ². It rises in the province of Afyon and only flows towards the Central Anatolia. Then he turns back to the north and takes on the height Polatlı the tributaries Porsuk Çay and Ankara Çayı on. In late antiquity, the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian ( 527-565 ) came in from the strategically important river crossing erect the stone Sangariusbrücke at today Adapazarı after the strong current had repeated the pontoon bridge carried away.

The Sakarya is dammed 43 km south of Alpu to Gökçekaya Dam.

After the Turkish province of Sakarya River is named.