Karasu, Kara-su, Kara su, Qarasu or Gharasu (lit. 'black water/river' in
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic languag ...
) may refer to:
Rivers
The Balkans
* A former name of the
Struma River
The Struma or Strymónas ( bg, Струма ; el, Στρυμόνας ; tr, (Struma) Karasu , 'black water') is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymṓn (Greek: Στρυμών ). Its drainage area is , of which in Bulgaria, ...
(Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
* A former name of the
Mesta River (Mesta Karasu) in Bulgaria and northern Greece, forming the border between Greek Macedonia and Thrace
* A former name of the
Haliacmon (İnce Karasu) in western Macedonia, northern Greece
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Karasu (Istanbul), a river in the greater Istanbul area of Turkey
Central Asia
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Qarasu River Qarasu is a river in Golestan Province of Iran which flows to the Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between E ...
, a small river in northeast Iran feeding into the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea
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Kara-Suu (Aksy)
The Kara-Suu ( ky, Кара-Суу) or ( ky, Карасуу) is a right tributary of the Naryn in Aksy District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. The river source is in the Chatkal Range, western Tian Shan mountains. It flows through the villages Ch ...
, a right tributary of the river Naryn in Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan
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Kara-Suu (Kara-Köl), a left tributary of the river
Naryn
Naryn ( ky, Нарын, translit=Naryn, Mongolian : Нарийн, Nariin, Traditional Mongolian ᠨᠠᠷᠢᠨ) is the regional administrative center of Naryn Region in central Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its estimated population was 41,17 ...
near Kara-Köl, Kyrgyzstan
* Karasu, name of the last stretch of river
Shiderti
The Shiderti ( kk, Шідерті, ''Şıdertı''; in its lower course: ''Karasu'') is a river of Kazakhstan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .[Karasu (Koybagar)
Karasu, Kara-su, Kara su, Qarasu or Gharasu (lit. 'black water/river' in Turkic languages) may refer to:
Rivers
The Balkans
* A former name of the Struma River (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
* A former name of the Mesta ...](_blank)
, a river in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
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Karasu (Urkash)
Karasu, Kara-su, Kara su, Qarasu or Gharasu (lit. 'black water/river' in Turkic languages) may refer to:
Rivers
The Balkans
* A former name of the Struma River (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
* A former name of the Mesta ...
, a river in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Japan
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Karasu River (Gunma)
The is a river located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is a branch of the Tone River and the government of Japan classifies it as a Class 1 river. It generally flows in a south-easterly direction.
Karasu means "black water" in many Turkic languag ...
in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Turkey
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Karasu (Euphrates), the western of the two major sources of the Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia
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Karasu (Hatay)
The Karasu ( ar, قره صو}) or Aswad ( ar, 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. It joins the Afrin River at the site of the f ...
, a tributary of the Orontes River (formerly of Lake Amik) in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey, bordering Syria
* A small river in northwest Anatolia, a tributary of the
Sakarya River
The Sakarya (Sakara River, tr, Sakarya Irmağı; gr, Σαγγάριος, translit=Sangarios; Latin: ''Sangarius'') is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of th ...
Town and villages
Azerbaijan
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Qarasu, Hajigabul
Qarasu (also, Gadzhiyevo and Karasu) is a village and municipality in the Hajigabul Rayon of Azerbaijan. "Qarasu" means "black water" in the Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani () or Azeri (), also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, ...
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Qarasu, Kurdamir
Qarasu is a village in the municipality of Şilyan in the Kurdamir Rayon of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinen ...
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Qarasu, Qabala
*Karasu Kumlakh or
Qarasuqumlaq
Qarasuqumlaq (also, Qarasugumlag, Karasukumlak and Karasu-Kumlakh) is a village and municipality in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called ...
, Agdash Rayon
China
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Karasu, Xinjiang, a place at the foot of the
Kulma Pass
Crimea
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Karasubazar
Kazakhstan
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Karasu District
Karasu ( kk, Қарасу ауданы, ) is a district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Karasu. Population:
Geography
Lake Kushmurun is located in the district, at the borde ...
, Kostanay Region
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Karasu (village)
Karasu ( kk, Қарасу) is a village in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center and the only significant inhabited place of Karasu District (KATO code - 395230100). Population:
Geography
The village is located to th ...
, administrative center of Karasu District
Kyrgyzstan
*several places, see
Kara-Suu (disambiguation) Kara-Suu may refer to the following places in Kyrgyzstan:
*Kara-Suu, capital of Kara-Suu District, Osh Region
* Kara-Suu, Batken, a village in Leylek District, Batken Region
* Kara-Suu, Chuy, a village in Jayyl District, Chuy Region
* Kara-Suu, A ...
Tajikistan
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Karasu, Tajikistan
Guliston ( tg, Гулистон, formerly ''Karasu'') is a jamoat in Tajikistan. It is part of the city of Vahdat in Districts of Republican Subordination
tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ
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, ...
, Vahdat District
Turkey
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Karasu, Sakarya, a town in Sakarya Province
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Karasu, Karacabey
Karasu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karacabey, Bursa Province
Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to t ...
, a village in Bursa Province
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Karasu, Yenice
Karasu is a village in the Yenice District of Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale.
Like Istanbul, Çanakkale ...
, a village in Çanakkale Province
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Karasu, Refahiye
Karasu is a village in the Refahiye District of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic langua ...
, a village in Erzincan Province
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Karasu, Aşkale
Karasu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Aşkale, Erzurum Province
Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzur ...
, a mahalle in Erzurum Province
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Karasu, Karayazı, a mahalle in Erzurum Province
Uzbekistan
*Karasu or
Qorasuv
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, Andijan Province, adjacent to Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
Fictional characters
* Karasu,
a character from the manga and anime series ''Yu Yu Hakusho''
* Karasu, a ''
Noein
, also known simply as ''Noein'', is a Japanese science fiction anime television series directed by Kazuki Akane and produced by Satelight. The series has 24 episodes which make up a complete storyline. The English version was produced and dubb ...
'' character
* Karasu, a ninja puppet in ''
Naruto''
Other uses
* ''Karasu'', an album in the ''13 Japanese Birds'' series
by Merzbow
* Karasu Bay, a fictional bay in the air combat video game ''
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces''
*
Karasu relief, a rock relief in Turkey, near where the Karasu River, the western branch of the Euphrates, joins the eastern branch of the Euphrates
* Karasu, a species of
giant beaked whale
People with the surname
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Carasso family
The Carasso family (also spelled Karasu, Karaso, Karassu, Karsu, Karso , Carrasco and Karasso) was a prominent Sephardic Jewish family in Ottoman Selanik (modern Thessaloniki, Greece). In the early 20th century, some members of the family were a ...
, a Sephardic Jewish family of Salonika, often spelled Karasu
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Emmanuel Carasso
Emmanuel Carasso or Emanuel Karasu (1862 in Salonica – 1934 in Trieste) was an Ottoman lawyer and a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family of Ottoman Salonica (now Thessaloniki, Greece). He was also a prominent member ...
(1862–1934), lawyer and politician
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Isaac Carasso (1874–1939), Emanuel's nephew, founder of Groupe Danone.
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Daniel Carasso, Isaac's son, co-founder of Dannon in the U.S.
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Albert Karasu Albert Karasu or Carasso (1885–1982) was a Jewish-Turkish journalist born in Ottoman Salonica.
Biography
He studied political science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and went on to found the French-language Istanbul newspaper '' Le J ...
, Jewish-Turkish journalist
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