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'''Karasu''', '''Kara-su''', '''Kara su''' or '''Qarasu''' (lit. 'black water/river' in [[Turkic languages]]) may refer to:
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==Rivers==
{{See also|Blackwater river}}
===The Balkans===
* A former name of the [[Struma River]] (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
* A former name of the [[Mesta River]] (Mesta Karasu) in Bulgaria and northern Greece, forming the border between Greek Macedonia and Thrace
* A former name of the [[Haliacmon]] (İnce Karasu) in western Macedonia, northern Greece
* [[Karasu (Istanbul)]], a river in the greater Istanbul area of Turkey
===Central Asia===
* [[Qarasu River]], a small river in northeast Iran feeding into the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea
* [[Kara-Suu (Aksy)]], a right tributary of the river Naryn in Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan
* [[Kara-Suu (Kara-Köl)]], a left tributary of the river [[Naryn (river)|Naryn]] near Kara-Köl, Kyrgyzstan
* Karasu, name of the last stretch of river [[Shiderti]], Kazakhstan
* [[Karasu (Koybagar)]], a river in Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
* [[Karasu (Karasor)]], a river in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
===Japan===
* [[Karasu River (Gunma)]] in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
===Turkey===
* [[Karasu (Euphrates)]], the western of the two major sources of the Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia
* [[Karasu (Hatay)]], a tributary of the Orontes River (formerly of Lake Amik) in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey, bordering Syria
* A small river in northwest Anatolia, a tributary of the [[Sakarya River]]
==Town and villages==
===Azerbaijan===
*[[Qarasu, Hajigabul]]
*[[Qarasu, Kurdamir]]
*[[Qarasu, Qabala]]
*Karasu Kumlakh or [[Qarasuqumlaq]], Agdash Rayon
===China===
*[[Karasu, Xinjiang]], a place at the foot of the [[Kulma Pass]]
===Crimea===
*[[Karasubazar]]
===Japan===
*[[Karasu, Mie]]
===Kazakhstan===
* [[Karasu District]], Kostanay Region
* [[Karasu (village)]], administrative center of Karasu District
===Kyrgyzstan===
*several places, see [[Kara-Suu (disambiguation)]]
===Tajikistan===
*[[Karasu, Tajikistan]], Vahdat District
===Turkey===
* [[Karasu, Sakarya]], a town in Sakarya Province
* [[Karasu, Karacabey]], a village in Bursa Province
* [[Karasu, Yenice]], a village in Çanakkale Province
* [[Karasu, Refahiye]], a village in Erzincan Province
* [[Karasu, Aşkale]], a mahalle in Erzurum Province
* [[Karasu, Karayazı]], a mahalle in Erzurum Province
===Uzbekistan===
*Karasu or [[Qorasuv]], Andijan Province, adjacent to Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
==Fictional characters==
* Karasu, [[List of YuYu Hakusho characters#Karasu|a character from the manga and anime series ''Yu Yu Hakusho'']]
* Karasu, a ''[[Noein]]'' character
* Karasu, a ninja puppet in ''[[Naruto]]''
==Other uses==
* ''Karasu'', an album in the ''13 Japanese Birds'' series [[Masami Akita discography|by Merzbow]]
* Karasu Bay, a fictional bay in the air combat video game ''[[The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces]]''
* [[Karasu relief]], a rock relief in Turkey, near where the Karasu River, the western branch of the Euphrates, joins the eastern branch of the Euphrates
* Karasu, a species of [[giant beaked whale]]
==People with the surname==
* [[Carasso family]], a Sephardic Jewish family of Salonika, often spelled Karasu
** [[Emmanuel Carasso]] (1862–1934), lawyer and politician
** [[Isaac Carasso]] (1874–1939), Emanuel's nephew, founder of Groupe Danone
** [[Daniel Carasso]], Isaac's son, co-founder of Dannon in the U.S.
* [[Albert Karasu]], Jewish-Turkish journalist
* [[Bilge Karasu]] (1930–1995), Turkish writer
* [[Oğuzhan Karasu]] (born 1995), Turkish volleyball player
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