Giresun Province
Giresun Province (Greek language, Greek : Κερασούντα, ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane Province, Gümüşhane to the ...
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
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Sivas
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provinces.
Etymology
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 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.
Mountain
Karagöl Mountains () is a chain of Giresun Mountains (''Giresun Dağları'') in the southeastern border of
Dereli
Dereli is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Dereli District.Giresun
Giresun () is a city in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. It is the seat of Giresun Province and Giresun District.Karagöl summit of this mountain chain is 3,107 meters high.
Lakes
There are several
glacial lake
A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier.
Formation
Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,0 ...