Fırtına or Peruma is one of the main water streams of
Rize Province
Rize Province () is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. Its area is 3,835 km2, and its population is 344,016 (2022). The capital is the city of R ...
in the eastern
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
Region of Turkey. Its name is Turkish for "storm water". There is a group of more than 20 well-preserved Ottoman-era
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
s over the Fırtına Deresi.
Description
The Fırtına Deresi rises in
Kaçkar Mountains
The Kaçkar Mountains (; , ''Kajkar''), formerly known as the Lazistan Mountains or the Mountains of Khaghtik(), are a mountain range that rises above the Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey.
With the highest peak, Kaçkar Dağı, at an elevat ...
in Rize Province and flows to the Black Sea, passing
Çamlıhemşin
Çamlıhemşin, formerly Vice, ( or ; ka, ვიჯა ''Vija'' ) is a small town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çamlıhemşin District.[Ardeşen
Ardeşen (Laz language, Laz and Georgian language, Georgian: არტაშენი/Art'asheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey ...]
. It is long.
See also
*
Fırtına River bridges The Fırtına River bridges are a group of more than 20 well-preserved Ottoman-era bridges over the Fırtına river and its tributaries near Çamlıhemşin in Rize Province at the eastern end of Turkey's Black Sea coast.
Because of the steep-si ...
References
Rivers of Rize Province
{{Turkey-river-stub