Watercourse
There are 251 items in Watercourse:
![]() Halys (Kizil Irmak), cutting itself through the Anatolian platform |
![]() Halys (Kizil Irmak), Gulleys along the river |
![]() Halys (Kizil Irmak), Upper valley with cattle |
Halys (Kızılırmak)
The Halys ("salty river") or Kızılırmak ("red river"), east of Ankara, the longest river of Asia Minor. The Halys (Kizil Irmak)…Hellespont (Dardanelles)
Hellespont: ancient name of the narrow passage between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Today, it is known as Dardanelles. …
![]() Hellespont and south point of Chersonese |
Hydaspes (326 BCE)
Hydaspes (Old Indian Vitaçtā, modern Jhelum): river in Pakistan, famous for a battle of Alexander the Great. Hydaspes, possible location of…
![]() Hydaspes, possible location of the battlefield |
![]() The hidden valley behind the Hydaspes |
Hydraotes (Ravi)
Hydraotes (Old Indian Iravati, modern Ravi): river in the Punjab, where Alexander the Great attacked a group of refugees.The river Ravi, the ancient Hydraotes or Iravati, south of modern Kamalia. This part of the Punjab belonged to the Mallians (Malava),…
![]() The IJsel River in the winter (near Zutphen) |
Indus
Indus (Old Indian Sindhu): large river in Pakistan, more or less the eastern limit of the world that the Greeks knew. …