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 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 * Karasu (Istanbul), a river in the greater Istanbul area of Turkey

Central Asia

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 *

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 * Kara-Suu (Kara-Köl), a left tributary of the river Naryn 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 ...

, a river in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan *

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

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

* Karasu (Euphrates), the western of the two major sources of the Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia *

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

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, ...

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 ...

* 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

* Karasu, Xinjiang, a place at the foot of the Kulma Pass

Crimea

* Karasubazar

Kazakhstan

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 *

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

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 , native_name_lang = , ...

, Vahdat District

Turkey

* Karasu, Sakarya, a town in Sakarya Province *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * Karasu, Karayazı, a mahalle in Erzurum Province

Uzbekistan

*Karasu or

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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'' 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

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 **

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 ** Isaac Carasso (1874–1939), Emanuel's nephew, founder of Groupe Danone. ** Daniel Carasso, Isaac's son, co-founder of Dannon in the U.S. *

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 {{disambiguation, geo, surname Turkish-language surnames