Ayder is a yayla in

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Etymology

''Ayder'' is the Hemshin word for "fields."

Geography

Ayder at is a typical yayla with no settled population; it hosts visitors during summers. The average altitude is . It is a part of

Çamlıhemşin Çamlıhemşin, formerly Vice, ( lzz, ვიჯა ''Vija'' or ვიჯე ''Vije'' ; ka, ვიჯა ''Vija'' ) is a small town and district of Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. With its mountains and valleys in all shades of ...

district of Rize Province. The distance to Çamlıhemşin is and to

Rize Rize (Greek language, Greek: ρίζα, Laz language, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian language, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize ...

is .

As a resort

Although well known locally, the first mention of Ayder in official papers was in 1871 when the

hot springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

in Ayder were noted. The temperature of the water is 55⁰C (131⁰F). However, the most attractive feature of Ayder is its dense forestry and a number of waterfalls nearby. In 1987 the location was declared a tourist center by the government. Ayder is famous for its

rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...

honey, which is produced in beehives hung on trees.Town page
It is also famous for its trout, which is farmed in abundance between Ayder and Çamlıhemşin.

References

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