Lake of Tunis

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coastal lagoon lake wetland

Lake of Tunis is a coastal lagoon near the city of Tunis in Tunisia, historically significant as a natural harbor and ecological wetland area.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake of Tunis area 1
Northern Lake of Tunis 1
Southern Lake of Tunis 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lagoon ⓘ
lake ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
adjacentTo Bizerte Lagoon ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Port of La Goulette ⓘ
surface form: La Goulette

Radès ⓘ
borderedBy Port of La Goulette ⓘ
surface form: Radès port area

Tunis city center NERFINISHED ⓘ
Port of La Goulette ⓘ
surface form: port of La Goulette
connectedBy navigation channel ⓘ
connectedTo Gulf of Tunis ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
environmentalIssue eutrophication ⓘ
industrial waste contamination ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
urban wastewater discharge ⓘ
hasConservationStatus important wetland area ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole bird habitat ⓘ
fish nursery area ⓘ
wetland ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature causeways and bridges crossing the lake ⓘ
hasPart Lake of Tunis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Lake of Tunis

Lake of Tunis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Lake of Tunis
hasUse fishing ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
salt extraction (historically) ⓘ
historicalFunction maritime access to Tunis ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
locatedIn Tunis Governorate ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
UTC+1 ⓘ
locatedNear Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Gulf of Tunis ⓘ
Mediterranean coast ⓘ
nearbyAirport Tunis–Carthage International Airport ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Sea basin ⓘ
Tunis metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedBy sandbar ⓘ
separatedFrom Gulf of Tunis ⓘ
subjectOf environmental restoration projects ⓘ
urban development projects ⓘ
usedBy Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ
surface form: Carthaginians

Husainid dynasty ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians

Romans ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunis → borderingWaterBody → Lake of Tunis ⓘ
Avenue Habib Bourguiba → connectsTo → Lake of Tunis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake of Tunis area
Tunis Governorate → contains → Lake of Tunis ⓘ
Lake of Tunis → hasPart → Lake of Tunis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Lake of Tunis
Lake of Tunis → hasPart → Lake of Tunis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Lake of Tunis
Port of La Goulette → nearbyWaterBody → Lake of Tunis ⓘ