salt lake Tuz Gölü

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Tuz Gölü is one of Turkey’s largest and saltiest lakes, a vast shallow hypersaline basin in Central Anatolia renowned for its striking white salt flats and ecological importance.

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Salt Lake (Tuz Gölü) shores 1
salt lake Tuz Gölü canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake
salt lake
averageDepth very shallow
basinCountry Turkey
climate semi-arid
continent Asia
country Turkey
economicActivity industrial salt extraction
table salt production
tourism
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 905 metres
feature extensive salt flats
large seasonal salt crust
shallow water
habitatFor Greater flamingo
brine shrimp and halophilic organisms
various shorebirds
hasSeasonalVariation yes
importantFor Greater flamingo
breeding waterbirds
migratory birds
knownFor ecological importance
high salinity
salt production
white salt flats
languageOfName Turkish
locatedIn Aksaray Province
Ankara Province
Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia

Konya Province
Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Turkey’s Central Anatolia Region

Tuz Gölü Basin
maximumDepth about 1 to 2 metres
meaningOfName Salt Lake
outflow endorheic (no surface outflow)
partOf Anatolian Plateau
surface form: Central Anatolian Plateau
protectedStatus Ramsar site candidate
special environmental protection area
receivesWaterFrom groundwater
small streams
salinity very high
surfaceArea approximately 1500 square kilometres
threat agricultural pollution
climate change
water abstraction in the basin
touristAttraction photography
salt flats landscape
waterType hypersaline

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Central Anatolia Region knownFor salt lake Tuz Gölü
Aksaray Province contains salt lake Tuz Gölü
this entity surface form: Salt Lake (Tuz Gölü) shores