Tuz Gölü Basin
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Tuz Gölü Basin is a large endorheic sedimentary basin in central Turkey that hosts the hypersaline Tuz Gölü (Salt Lake) and surrounding arid plains.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuz Gölü basin | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endorheic basin
ⓘ
geological region ⓘ sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Aksaray Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ankara Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Konya Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tuz Gölü Fault Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biome | temperate grassland, savanna and shrubland ⓘ |
| climate |
arid
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Salt Lake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuz Gölü NERFINISHED ⓘ arid plains ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| dominantDepositionalEnvironment |
evaporitic environment
ⓘ
playa-lake system ⓘ |
| drainage | internal drainage ⓘ |
| economicActivity | salt production ⓘ |
| economicResource | salt ⓘ |
| environment | steppe ⓘ |
| etymology | named after Tuz Gölü (Salt Lake) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
Anatolian Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
intraplate basin ⓘ |
| geomorphology | low-relief interior basin ⓘ |
| hasSalinityCharacteristic | hypersaline waters ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBalance | evaporation-dominated ⓘ |
| hydrologicalType | endorheic ⓘ |
| knownFor | one of Turkey’s major salt-producing areas ⓘ |
| landUse |
extensive grazing
ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Turkey ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large salt flats
ⓘ
seasonal lake level fluctuations ⓘ |
| partOf | Anatolian tectonic province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLake | Tuz Gölü NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | closed drainage basin ⓘ |
| salinitySource | evaporation of mineral-rich waters ⓘ |
| sedimentaryFill |
clastic sediments
ⓘ
continental sediments ⓘ evaporites ⓘ |
| surfaceWaterBodyType | hypersaline lake ⓘ |
| tectonicControl | fault-bounded basin ⓘ |
| waterInput |
groundwater discharge
ⓘ
limited precipitation ⓘ surface runoff ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tuz Gölü basin
subject surface form:
Tuz Gölü