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16-523: Aksu Deresi rises in Karagöl , a rural highland area located very near to provincial borders of Giresun , Ordu and Sivas provinces. Karagöl is a chain of mountains which is part of the Giresun mountains , in the south of Dereli district of Giresun , and its summit is 3107 meters high. There is a crater lake on its summit, at 3,107 metres (10,194 ft) above sea level. The Aksu creek flows down to

32-417: A Black Sea Region of Turkey location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Black Sea Region The Black Sea region ( Turkish : Karadeniz Bölgesi ) (sometimes referred to as Pontus or Pontos) is a geographical region of Turkey . The largest city in the region is Samsun . Other big cities are Zonguldak , Trabzon , Ordu , Tokat , Giresun , Rize , Amasya and Sinop . It

48-508: Is 8,439,213 based on the 2010 census. 4,137,166 people live in cities and 4,301,747 people in villages. This makes it the only one of the seven regions of Turkey in which more people live in rural rather than urban areas. Though the overwhelming majority is Turkish, the east of the region is also inhabited by the Laz , a people who speak a Kartvelian language which is closely related to Georgian and converted to Islam from Georgian Orthodoxy in

64-770: Is an area in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Karagöl is the common name for a mountain chain, its summit, a lake on it, a high plateau around it and a summer settlement in the plateau located in the southeast of Dereli district . The plateau is located near the meeting point of the provincial boundaries of Giresun, Ordu and Sivas provinces. Karagöl is a compound word in Turkish . "Kara" means "black" and "göl" means "lake", hence "Karagöl" means "black lake" in Turkish. It appears dark blue because

80-585: Is another lake on the northeastern side of Kırklar Tepesi ( Kırklar Summit ) that is located on the east end of Karagöl Dağları. Kırklar summit is 3040 meters high. In the west side of this summit there is Sağrak Göl ( Sağrak Lake ). There are many summer settlements such as Kanıağıl , Avşar, Giresun , Yukarı Belen and Aşağı Belen in the Sağrak valley starting below Sağrak Göl. 40°31′30″N 38°9′10″E  /  40.52500°N 38.15278°E  / 40.52500; 38.15278 This article about

96-854: Is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the south, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the southeast, the Republic of Georgia to the northeast, and the Black Sea to the north. Provinces that are entirely in the Black Sea Region: Provinces that are mostly in the Black Sea Region: Provinces that are partially in the Black Sea Region: The Black Sea region's population

112-574: The Black Sea passing Kızıltaş , Sarıyakup , Pınarlar  [ tr ] and Güdül villages. Its mouth is next to the eastern part of Giresun city. The Aksu Deresi is 60 kilometres (37 mi) long. 40°33′44″N 38°12′50″E  /  40.5623°N 38.2138°E  / 40.5623; 38.2138 This article related to a river in Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Karag%C3%B6l, Giresun Karagöl ( Turkish pronunciation: [kaˈɾaɟœl] )

128-585: The Rize region has numerous tea plantations. All cultivable areas, including mountain slopes wherever they are not too steep, are sown or used as pasture. The western part of the Black Sea region, especially the Zonguldak area, is a center of coal mining and heavy industry . The North Anatolian Mountains in the north are an interrupted chain of folded highlands that generally parallel the Black Sea coast. In

144-522: The 2010s, preserving their own customs and dialect of Greek , the vast majority have since left, mainly to Greece. However, most Muslim Pontic Greeks remained in Turkey. The Black Sea region has a steep, rocky coast with rivers that cascade through the gorges of the coastal ranges. A few larger rivers, those cutting back through the Pontic Mountains (Doğu Karadeniz Dağları), have tributaries that flow in broad, elevated basins. Access inland from

160-430: The Black Sea coast makes commercial farming profitable. Running from Zonguldak in the west to Rize in the east, the narrow coastal strip widens at several places into fertile, intensely cultivated deltas. The Samsun area, close to the midpoint, is a major tobacco -growing region; east of it are numerous citrus groves. East of Samsun, the area around Giresun is known for the production of hazelnuts , and farther east

176-431: The Black Sea region has a borderline humid subtropical and oceanic ( Köppen : Cfa / Cfb ) climate; with high and evenly distributed rainfall the year round. At the coast, summers are warm and humid, and winters are cool and damp. The eastern part of the coast averages 2,500 millimeters annually which is the highest precipitation in the country. Snowfall is quite common between the months of December and March, snowing for

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192-527: The coast is limited to a few narrow valleys because mountain ridges, with elevations of 1,525 to 1,800 meters in the west and 3,000 to 4,000 meters in the east in Kaçkar Mountains , form an almost unbroken wall separating the coast from the interior. The higher slopes facing northwest tend to be densely forested. Because of these natural conditions, the Black Sea coast historically has been isolated from Anatolia . The mild, damp oceanic climate of

208-468: The hills and hillsides of Karagöl Dağları. Karagöl lake giving its name to the mountain is a crater lake on Karagöl Dağları. On the lower side of the Karagöl summit there is another lake called Aygır Gölü ( Lake Aygır ). On the eastern hillsides of Karagöl Dağları Bağırsak Gölü ( Bağırsak Lake ) is fed by the water of Karagöl lake nearby Eğrikaya Obası , a summer settlement. Camlı göl ( Camli lake )

224-537: The lake on the Karagöl Mountains is very deep. For this reason it has been called as "Karagöl" due to the appearance of its surface color. Karagöl Mountains ( Turkish : Karagöl Dağları ) is a chain of Giresun Mountains ( Giresun Dağları ) in the southeastern border of Dereli district of Giresun . It is the second highest peak of Giresun. The Karagöl summit of this mountain chain is 3,107 meters high. There are several glacial lakes (nearly ten) on

240-597: The late Ottoman period as well as Muslim Georgians , also the Hemsin , Armenian converts to Islam, and Pontic Greeks , who converted to Islam in the 17th century. While a large community (around 25% of the population) of Christian Pontic Greeks remained throughout the Pontus area (including Trabzon and Kars in northeastern Turkey/the Russian Caucasus) until the 1920s, and in parts of Georgia and Armenia until

256-529: The west, the mountains tend to be low, with elevations rarely exceeding 1,500 meters, but they rise in an easterly direction to heights greater than 3,000 meters south of Rize. Lengthy, trough-like valleys and basins characterize the mountains. Rivers flow from the mountains toward the Black Sea . The southern slopes—facing the Anatolian Plateau—are mostly unwooded, but the northern slopes contain dense growths of both deciduous and evergreen trees. Most of

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