Terme River
The Terme Stream is a modern Turkish waterway that flows through Terme, Turkey near the border of the Terme district, in central northern Turkey—between the coastal cities of Ordu and Samsun, about east of Samsun. It flows into the Black Sea, after passing through a fertile and secluded plain. High mountains are found to the south and east, and the Yeşil River flows to the west.
In ancient times, the Thermodon flowed through the region known as the Pontus, and at the time, its course was not very long, it was about "three plethra" wide, and it was navigable. The river, said by Strabo to have "its many sources near Phanaroea... many streams", was "very often noticed by ancient writers", and it emptied into what was then termed the Euxine, near the town, Themiscyra, ca. 460 miles to the north-east of the mouth of the Iris.
In Greek mythology, the Thermodon was the location of the plain and capital, Themiscyra, where the Amazons dwelt.
