Karasu (Hatay)

This article is about the river near the Turkey/Syria border. For rivers with similar names, see Karasu (disambiguation).

The Karasu (Arabic: قره صو) or Aswad (Arabic: 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.[1] It joins the Afrin River at the site of the former Lake Amik. Its waters now flow to the Orontes by a canal.[2]

  1. ^ US Bureau of Intelligence and Research: International Boundary Study No.163 (1978) Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine p.12
  2. ^ Antakya Chamber of Commerce: Geographical location Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine