Yağlıdere District is a district of the Giresun Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Yağlıdere . Its area is 327 km, and its population is 15,004 (2022).
6-574: The district covers one end of the Giresun Mountains , including part of the valley of the Yağlıdere stream . When the mountain streams that feed the Yağlıdere are in full flood, they can become a threat to the district. Yağlıdere is an agricultural district. The hillsides are planted with hazelnuts , fruit trees, chestnuts , and other deciduous trees. Some tea and corn are grown, and animals graze on
12-450: Is a generic compound word in Turkish. "Yağ" means " oil " or " butter ", and "Yağlı" means " oily " or "with butter" in Turkish. "Dere" is "stream". Thus "Yağlıdere" can be translated into English as "Oily stream". There are two hypotheses for the etymology of the name. According to local history, there was a dairy processing center in Çakrak village of Alucra district. This dairy center
18-650: The capital town of Espiye district in Giresun Province in Turkey . The stream has two major and many small tributaries. Tohumluk Creek , one of its main arms, begins in Kurtbeli highland and is used by nomadic people in summers. Kılıçlar stream begins in Erimez . These arms flow north to Üçköprü of Çakrak village and join each other there. After this point, the stream is called as Yağlıdere. In its narrow valley it flows to
24-589: The higher slopes. There are two municipalities in Yağlıdere District: There are 21 villages in Yağlıdere District: This article about a Black Sea Region of Turkey location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ya%C4%9Fl%C4%B1dere stream Yağlıdere ( Turkish : Yağlıdere Çayı ) is a stream that flows to the Black Sea in the west end of Espiye ,
30-531: The town of Yağlıdere , the center of the district with the same name. Finally it ends in the Black Sea near Espiye. It is 70 kilometres (43 mi) long. It has high flow especially in spring because of rain and snow in the Giresun mountains . This has caused flooding in Yağlıdere in the past. Digging in the bed of the stream and pollution from solid wastes of Yağlıdere Municipality have created problems. "Yağlıdere"
36-490: Was collecting raw milk from surrounding villages via a coarse pipeline made from clays, and were discharging dairy waste such as whey into the stream through the village. Dairy waste on the surface of the stream made it look oily. Thus it was called as "Yağlıdere". The other theory about its name comes from the natural view of the fluids. It has many small stream waterfalls joining to its main bed. Because of these waterfalls of tributaries and sharp falls of its main stream on
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