Melyat, is one of the main water streams of Pazar and Çayeli in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Melyat is 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi) long. It is 28 km from the city center of Rize. The source of the river is Cegalver Mountain in Hemşin district. River borders the villages of Zafer, Yavuzlar, Erenler, Çınartepe, Kaçkar, Kestanelik, Tektaş, Güneyköy, Şendere, Kuzayca, Örnek, Merdivenli, Leventköy and Balıkçı respectively.[1]
Fauna edit
Fish species living in the river are Salmo coruhensis, Alburnus derjugini, Barbus escherichii, Squalius sp., Mugil cephalus, Liza aurata and Ponticola rizensis.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Rize il raporu" (PDF). rtb.org.tr. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Esra Bayçelebi, Cüneyt Kaya, Davut Turan (2017). "Rize İli'nin Güncel Balık Faunası". dergipark.org.tr. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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