Nilüfer River

Nilüfer River
Hüdavendigar Park, along the shores of the Nilüfer River in Bursa
Map of the Simav River basin of which the Nilüfer is a tributary
Physical characteristics
Source	Uludağ
Mouth	Simav River
Length	203 km (126 mi)
Basin features
Cities	Bursa

The Nilufer or Niloufer River (Turkish: Nilüfer Çayı) is a river in Bursa Province, Turkey. From its source near Mount Uludağ (the classical Mysian Olympus) and flowing past the city of Bursa, the river tends to the northwest along its course of 203 kilometres (126 mi).

In Turkish, nilüfer means "water lily." The river may have been named for the flowers or for Nilüfer Hatun, a wife of the Ottoman sultan Orhan. The district of Nilüfer in Bursa Province is named after the river.

Today, the Doğancı-1 Dam crosses it.

John Cramer considered the Nilufer to be the classical Odrysses though noted there were some problems with this.^[1][2] (Latin: Horisius). Its plain was known as Mygdonia^[3] and formed the Persian satrapy of Dascylium.^[4] It formerly flowed into the Rhyndacus but now joins the Simav (ancient Macestos) north of Karacabey.

References

1. Cramer, John Anthony (1832). A Geographical and Historical Description of Asia Minor, Volume 1. Oxford: The University Press. pp. 172–173.
2. Hazlitt, William (1851). The classical gazetteer; a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane. London: Whittaker & Co. p. 247. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. Strabo. Geography, XII. 3. 27.
4. Hazlitt, Wm. The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane. "Dascylium Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine." Whittaker & Co. (London), 1851. Accessed 4 Sept 2011.

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