Karasu

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Karasu, Kara-su, Kara su, Qarasu or Gharasu (lit. 'black water/river' in Turkic languages) may refer to:

Rivers[]

The Balkans[]

  • A former name of the Struma River (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
  • A former name of the Mesta River (Mesta Karasu) in Bulgaria and northern Greece, forming the border between Greek Macedonia and Thrace
  • A former name of the Haliacmon (İnce Karasu) in western Macedonia, northern Greece
  • Karasu (Istanbul), a river in the greater Istanbul area of Turkey

Central Asia[]

  • Gharasu River, a small river in northeast Iran feeding into the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea
  • Kara-Suu (Aksy), a right tributary of the river Naryn in Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan
  • , a left tributary of the river Naryn near Kara-Köl, Kyrgyzstan

Japan[]

Turkey[]

  • Karasu (Euphrates), the western of the two major sources of the Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia
  • Karasu (Hatay), a tributary of the Orontes River (formerly of Lake Amik) in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey, bordering Syria
  • A small river in northwest Anatolia, a tributary of the Sakarya River

Town and villages[]

Azerbaijan[]

China[]

Kazakhstan[]

Kyrgyzstan[]

  • several places, see Kara-Suu (disambiguation)

Tajikistan[]

  • Karasu, Tajikistan, Vahdat District

Turkey[]

Uzbekistan[]

  • Karasu or Qorasuv, Andijan Province, adjacent to Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan

Fictional characters[]

  • Karasu, a character from the manga and anime series Yu Yu Hakusho
  • Karasu, a Noein character
  • Karasu, a ninja puppet in Naruto

Other uses[]

  • Karasu, an album in the 13 Japanese Birds series by Merzbow
  • Karasu relief, a rock relief in Turkey, near where the Karasu River, the western branch of the Euphrates, joins the eastern branch of the Euphrates
  • Karasu, a species of giant beaked whale

People with the surname[]

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