Cestrus River

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The Cestrus (in Greek Κεστρoς, Kestros), today called Aksu, is a river of Pamphylia, which rises in the mountains of Selge, known today as Aksu. The course of the Cestrus is between that of the Catarrhactes and of the Eurymedon; and it is east of the Catarrhactes. It was navigable up to Perga, 60 stadia from its mouth. The river is also mentioned by Pomponius Mela as a navigable river. The Cestrus is 300 ft. wide at the mouth, and 15 feet deep within the bar, which extends across the mouth, and so shallow as to be impassable to boats that draw more than one foot of water. The swell from the sea meeting the stream generally produces a violent surf. It must have been more open in ancient times, according to Strabo and Mela.

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• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Cestrus", London, (1854)

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).