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Aksu Deresi
A view of Aksu Deresi near Pınarlar village in Dereli
Location
Country	Turkey
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Karagöl
Mouth
• location	Black Sea

Aksu is one of the main water streams of Giresun Province in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its name is Turkish for "white water".

Description

Aksu Deresi rises in Karagöl, a rural highland area located very near to provincial borders of Giresun, Ordu and Sivas provinces. Karagöl is a chain of mountains which is part of the Giresun mountains, in the south of Dereli district of Giresun, and its summit is 3107 meters high. There is a crater lake on its summit, at 3,107 metres (10,194 ft) above sea level. The Aksu creek flows down to the Black Sea passing Kızıltaş, Sarıyakup, Pınarlar [tr] and Güdül villages. Its mouth is next to the eastern part of Giresun city. The Aksu Deresi is 60 kilometres (37 mi) long.

v t e Rivers of Turkey by drainage basin
Black Sea	Sakarya Filyos Bartın Kızılırmak (Halys) Gök Terme Yeşilırmak Yağlıdere Aksu Gelevara Kara Dere Çoruh
Marmara	Biga Susurluk (Simav)
Aegean	Meriç (Maritsa) Tunca Karamenderes (Scamander) Bakırçay Gediz Küçük Menderes Büyük Menderes Azmak
Mediterranean Sea	Eşen Aksu Manavgat Köprüçay Kaledran Dragon Sini Soğuksu Babadıl Göksu Limonlu Alata (Sorgun) Tömük Karacaoğlan Tece Mezitli (Liparis) Efrenk (Müftü) Deliçay Berdan (Tarsus) Seyhan Ceyhan Payas Asi (Orontes) Deli Çay
Persian Gulf	Fırat (Euphrates) Dicle (Tigris) Hezil
Caspian	Aras Kura
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40°33′44″N 38°12′50″E / 40.5623°N 38.2138°E / 40.5623; 38.2138

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