Karasu_(Hatay)

Karasu (Hatay)

Karasu (Hatay)

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This article is about the river near the Turkey/Syria border. For rivers with similar names, see Karasu (disambiguation).

The Karasu (Arabic: قره صو) or Aswad (Arabic: الأسود) is a river in the provinces of Gaziantep and Hatay in Turkey. For part of its length it forms the border with Aleppo Governorate in Syria.[1] It joins the Afrin River at the site of the former Lake Amik. Its waters now flow to the Orontes by a canal.[2]

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  1. [1]
    US Bureau of Intelligence and Research: International Boundary Study No.163 (1978) Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine p.12
  2. [2]
    Antakya Chamber of Commerce: Geographical location Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
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