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The Kelkit River (Turkish: ''Kelkit Irmağı'' or ''Kelkit Çayı''; Latin ''Lykus''), is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the longest tributary of the Yeşil River. It rises in Gümüşhane Province and runs through the provinces of Erzincan, Giresun, Sivas, and Tokat before flowing into the Yeşil at the modern village of Kızılçubuk, near the site of the ancient city of Eupatoria. For about 150 km, from Suşehri to Resadiye and Niksar, the Kelkit follows the North Anatolian Fault.〔Aykut Barka, "North Anatolian Fault Field Trip Report", ''Southern California Earthquake Newsletter'' (online version), 3:4 (full text retrieved 18 August 2009 ).〕 In Hellenistic times, a major east-west road following the valley of the Kelkit led from Armenia Minor to Bithynia.〔B. C. McGing, ''The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus'' (Mnemosyne Ser.: Suppl. 89), 1997. ISBN 90-04-07591-7. p. 6''f''.〕 ==Phanaroea== The valley of the last 40 km of the Kelkit before it joins the Yeşil was known by Strabo as Phanaroea (Φανἀροια); he described it as being rich in olives and vines and having the best soil in Pontus. There was a city called Eupatoria in this valley. The eastern end of Phanaroea was marked by Cabira, a stronghold of Mithridates Eupator. In the 20th century, it produced grain, fruit, vegetables, tobacco, rice, and opium poppy.〔McGing, ''loc.cit.''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kelkit River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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