KIZIL IRMAK  , i.e . " Red

River " (anc . Halys), the largest river in Asia Minor, rising in the Kizil Dagh at an altitude of 65oo ft., and running south-west past Zara to Sivas . Below Sivas it flows south to the latitude of Kaisarieh, and then curves gradually round to the north . Finally, after a course of about boo m., it discharges its waters into the Black Sea between Sinope and Samsun, where it forms a large delta . The only important tributaries are the Delije Irmak on the right and the Geuk Irmak on the left bank .