Greece-Turkey Border Crossings - Kastanies, Uzunkpr, Karaaa, Ipsala, Kipoi, Evros, Ibriktepe (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Kastanies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The hills are situated to the west and to the southeast. Farmlands surround the area are to the north and to the west and along the Evros valley. The forests near the Evros lies to the northeast and along the Ardas valley and the hills. One of the bridge runs in parts of the river. The Evros meets with the Ardas near Kastanies which caused several major floods and where the major flooding began. Two highways run from Kastanies. The (E85) which is to the northeast links northeast to Edirne. The other (GR-51/E85) links south to Orestiada, Didymoteicho and Alexandroupoli and northwest to Svilengrad and Plovdiv in Bulgaria. A road border-crossing with Turkey is situated to the northeast, with the Turkish town of Karaaa on the other side. A railway runs northwest to Svilengrad and the rest of Bulgaria. It is the nearest railway from Thessaloniki. It is located SSE of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, about 6 to 8 km SW of Edirne, N of Uzunkpr and Kesan in Turkey, and N of Alexandroupoli, Soufli and Didymoteicho. The Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 affected Kastanies. In the 1920s, it became a part of Greece. Flooding occurred on 17 December 1996. On 16 February 2005, the flooding of the Evros began as water levels went as high as about 4 m above ground, that's 10 cm above the embankment level which is danger to its residents. Kastanies was flooded. Three days later, the water level was at about 4,6 m. Another flood which began from 4 March 2005 flooded several places again. Several other buildings, roads and southwest to Didymoteicho. The third flood of the year first affected Kastanies as rivers of the Ardas turned the town into a lagoon. Buildings and squares yet again were flooded. The floodwat... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1701344