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The Nilufer or Niloufer River ((トルコ語:Nilüfer Çayı)) is a river in Turkey. From its source near the Uludağ (the classical Mysian Olympus) and flowing past Bursa, the river tends to the northwest along its course of . The Nilufer was the classical Odrysses〔Cramer, John A. ''(A Geographical and Historical Description of Asia Minor, with a Map )'', Vol. 1, p. 172. Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1832. Accessed 4 Sept 2011.〕〔Hazlitt, Wm. ''The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane.'' "(Odrysses )." Whittaker & Co. (London), 1851. Accessed 4 Sept 2011.〕 ((ラテン語:Horisius)). Its plain was known as Mygdonia〔Strabo. ''Geography'', XII. 3. 27.〕 and formed the Persian satrapy of Dascylium.〔Hazlitt, Wm. ''The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane.'' "(Dascylium )." Whittaker & Co. (London), 1851. Accessed 4 Sept 2011.〕 It formerly flowed into the Rhyndacus but now joins the Simav (ancient Macestos) north of Karacabey. In Turkish, ''nilüfer'' means "water lily." The river may have been renamed for the flowers or for Nilüfer Hatun, a wife of the Ottoman sultan Orhan I. The district of Nilüfer in Bursa Province is named after the river. Today, the Doğancı-1 Dam crosses it. ==References== 〔 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「Nilüfer River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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