Karamenderes River

Water type: River
Basin: Aegean Sea
Continent: Asia
Climate: Subtropical
Country: Turkey

Karamenderes (known in antiquity as Scamander) is a river located entirely within the Çanakkale Province of Turkey. It flows west from Mount Ida and empties into the Aegean Sea near the Troy Historical National Park. According to the Iliad, the battles of the Trojan War were fought in the lower courses of Karamenderes.