Karasu (disambiguation)
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Rivers
in Central Asia- A small river in northeast Iran feeding into the southeast corner of the Caspian SeaCaspian SeaThe Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
- Karasu River (Central Asia)Karasu River (Central Asia)The Karasu River is a right tributary of the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan....
, A right tributary of the Naryn RiverNaryn RiverThe Naryn River rises in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, flowing west through the Fergana Valley into Uzbekistan. Here it merges with the Kara Darya River to form the Syr Darya...
in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
in Turkey
- Karasu (Euphrates)Karasu (Euphrates)The Karasu or Western Euphrates is a long river in eastern Turkey, one of the two sources of the Euphrates. It has a length of about 450 km. To the ancient Greeks the river was known as the Τηλεβόας ....
, the western of the two major sources of the Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. - Karasu (Hatay)Karasu (Hatay)The Karasu or Aswad is a river in the provinces of Gaziantep and Hatay in Turkey. For part of its length it forms the border with Aleppo Governorate in Syria. It joins the Afrin River at the site of the former Lake Amik, and its waters now flow to the Orontes by a canal....
, 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
in the Balkans
- A former name of the Struma RiverStruma RiverThe Struma or Strymónas is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymōn . Its catchment area is 10,800 km²...
(Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece. - A former name of the Mesta RiverMesta RiverThe Nestos or Mesta , formerly the Mesta Karasu , is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos. It plunges down towering canyons toward the Aegean Sea through mostly metamorphic formations...
(Mesta Karasu) in Bulgaria and northern Greece, forming the border between Greek Macedonia and Thrace. - A former name of the HaliacmonHaliacmonThe Haliacmon is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of . Haliacmon is the traditional English name for the river, but many sources cite the formerly official Katharevousa version of the name, Aliákmon...
(İnce Karasu) in western Macedonia, northern Greece.
A river in Japan:
- Karasu River (Gunma)Karasu River (Gunma)The is a river located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is a branch of the Tone River and the government of Japan classifies it as a Class 1 river. It generally flows in a south-easterly direction.- River communities :...
in Gunma PrefectureGunma Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...
, Japan
Towns and cities
in Turkey- KarasuKarasuKarasu is a town situated in the western Black Sea coast. It has an overwinter population of around 24,500 which swells substantially in the summer to around 250,000 due to an influx tourists. Its municipal code is 264. Much of its commerce centers around hazelnut farming and tourism...
, a town and district in Turkey
in Kyrgyzstan
- Karasu, Jalal-AbadKarasu, Jalal-AbadKarasu is a village in the Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan....
- Kara-Suu, Naryn
- Kara-SuuKara-SuuKara-Suu is a town, river and valley in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan, in the Fergana Valley. The town is 23km northeast of Osh and is the capital of Kara-Suu District....
, Osh Province, adjacent to Qorasuv, Uzbekistan - Kara-Su, OshKara-Su, OshKara-Su is a village in the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan.The village of Daraut-Korgan is 3 miles to the west, and Kyzyleshme is 2 miles to the east. The village sits on the Karasu River, a tributary of the Naryn River, itself a tributary of the Syr Darya, which flows into the Aral Sea.-...
, a village in the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan
in Azerbaijan
- Qarasu, HajigabulQarasu, HajigabulQarasu is a village and municipality in the Hajigabul Rayon of Azerbaijan. "Qarasu" means "black water" in the Azerbaijani language. It has a population of 2,407....
- Qarasu, KurdamirQarasu, KurdamirQarasu is a village in the municipality of Şilyan in the Kurdamir Rayon of Azerbaijan....
- Qarasu, QabalaQarasu, QabalaQarasu is a village in the municipality of Bum in the Qabala Rayon of Azerbaijan....
- Karasu Kumlakh or QarasuqumlaqQarasuqumlaqQarasuqumlaq is a village and municipality in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 652....
, Agdash Rayon
in China
- Karasu, Xinjiang, a place at the foot of the Kulma PassKulma PassThe Kulma Pass is a mountain pass across the Pamir Mountains on the border between the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China...
in Uzbekistan
- Karasu or QorasuvQorasuvQorasuv is a town in Andijan Province in eastern Uzbekistan, about 50 km from the district capital of Andijan. The town's name means "black water" in Uzbek...
, Andijan Province, adjacent to Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
in Kazakhstan
- Karasu or Qarasu, Kazakhstan, Aktobe Province
People
- Carasso family, a Sephardic Jewish family of Salonika
- Emanuel Karasu (Emmanuel Carasso)Emmanuel CarassoEmmanuel Carasso or Emanuel Karasu was a lawyer and a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family of Ottoman Salonica . He was a prominent member of the Young Turks. The name is also spelled Karaso, Karassu, and Karasso...
(1862–1934) - Isaac CarassoIsaac CarassoThe Carasso family was a prominent Sephardic Jewish family in Ottoman Selanik...
(1874–1939), Emanuel's nephew, founder of Groupe Danone. - Daniel CarassoDaniel CarassoDaniel Carasso , a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family and the son of Isaac Carasso, founded the United States Dannon company and built up the Groupe Danone into a multinational business.-Biography:...
, Isaac's son, co-founder of Dannon in the U.S.
- Emanuel Karasu (Emmanuel Carasso)
- Albert KarasuAlbert KarasuAlbert Karasu was a Jewish-Turkish journalist born in Ottoman Salonica.He studied political science in Switzerland, and went on to found the French-language Istanbul newspaper Le Journal d'Orient in 1918...
, Jewish-Turkish journalist - Bahadır KarasuBahadir KarasuBahadır Karasu is a Turkish low-budget film maker. He began his cinema career in 2008 with the short Me he made his another short film ' in the ends of 2008. Now he is working on the low-budget film industry. He also joined foreign film maker group. In 2008 He created a group named youngfilmmaker...
, Turkish low-budget film maker
Fictional characters
- Karasu, a YuYu Hakusho character
- Karasu, a NoeinNoein, also known simply as Noein, is a science fiction anime television series directed by Kazuki Akane and Kenji Yasuda and produced by Satelight...
character - Karasu, a ninja puppet in NarutoNarutois an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...
Other
- Karasu, an album by Merzbow