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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_g%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz gölü – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tuz gölü" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Туз – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Туз" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE)" title="Туз (езеро) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Туз (езеро)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz Gölü – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tuz Gölü" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BA%D3%B3%D0%BB%C4%95)" title="Туз (кӳлĕ) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Туз (кӳлĕ)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tuz" title="Lake Tuz – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lake Tuz" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz" title="Tuz – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tuz" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzs%C3%B8en" title="Tuzsøen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tuzsøen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz Gölü – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tuz Gölü" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzi_j%C3%A4rv" title="Tuzi järv – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tuzi järv" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CE%A4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B6" title="Λίμνη Τουζ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λίμνη Τουζ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Tuz" title="Lago Tuz – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lago Tuz" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Tuz" title="Lago Tuz – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Lago Tuz" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B2" title="دریاچه توز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریاچه توز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Tuz" title="Lac Tuz – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lac Tuz" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%88%AC%EC%A6%88%ED%98%B8" title="투즈호 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="투즈호" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A6_%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B3" title="Թուզ լիճ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թուզ լիճ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danau_Tuz" title="Danau Tuz – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Danau Tuz" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Salato_(Turchia)" title="Lago Salato (Turchia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lago Salato (Turchia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%96" title="ימת טוז – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ימת טוז" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="თუზის ტბა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="თუზის ტბა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%B1%D0%B7_%D0%BA%D3%A9%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Тұз көлі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Тұз көлі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gola_Xw%C3%AA" title="Gola Xwê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Gola Xwê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7_%D0%B9%D3%93%D1%80" title="Туз йӓр – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Туз йӓр" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuza_ezers" title="Tuza ezers – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tuza ezers" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%ABzo_e%C5%BEeras" title="Tūzo ežeras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tūzo ežeras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz-t%C3%B3" title="Tuz-tó – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tuz-tó" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz Gölü – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tuz Gölü" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%82%BA%E6%B9%96" title="トゥズ湖 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="トゥズ湖" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzsj%C3%B8en" title="Tuzsjøen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tuzsjøen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzsj%C3%B8en" title="Tuzsjøen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tuzsjøen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_ko%CA%BBli" title="Tuz koʻli – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Tuz koʻli" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz" title="Tuz – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tuz" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Tuz" title="Lago Tuz – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lago Tuz" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE)" title="Туз (озеро) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Туз (озеро)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7_%D0%BA%D2%AF%D3%A9%D0%BB" title="Туз күөл – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Туз күөл" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqeni_Tuz" title="Liqeni Tuz – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Liqeni Tuz" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz Gölü – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Tuz Gölü" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Туз – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Туз" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_(jezero)" title="Tuz (jezero) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Tuz (jezero)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzj%C3%A4rvi" title="Tuzjärvi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Tuzjärvi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz Gölü – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tuz Gölü" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Tuz Gölü – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Tuz Gölü" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B7_(%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE)" title="Туз (озеро) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Туз (озеро)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_Tuz" title="Hồ Tuz – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Hồ Tuz" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz,_Turkey.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey.tif/lossy-page1-264px-Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="264" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey.tif/lossy-page1-396px-Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey.tif/lossy-page1-528px-Satellite_image_of_Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">View from space</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Tuz is located in Turkey"><img alt="Lake Tuz is located in Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg/256px-Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="256" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg/384px-Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg/512px-Turkey_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1579" data-file-height="677" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.814%;left:40.73%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lake Tuz"><img alt="Lake Tuz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" 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.geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lake_Tuz&params=38_44_N_33_23_E_type:waterbody_region:TR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°44′N</span> <span class="longitude">33°23′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.733°N 33.383°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.733; 33.383</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Body_of_water#Waterbody_types" title="Body of water">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Endorheic_basin" title="Endorheic basin">endorheic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hypersaline_lake" title="Hypersaline lake">hypersaline</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inflow_(hydrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflow (hydrology)"><span title="Primary inflows: rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data">Peçenek Çayı, <a href="/wiki/Melendiz_River" title="Melendiz River">Melendiz</a> Çayı</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)"><span title="Primary outflows: rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>none</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Catchment area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">11,900 km<sup>2</sup> (4,600 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data">Turkey</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">80 km (50 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">50 km (31 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,600 km<sup>2</sup> (620 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">0.5 m (2 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">1.5 m (5 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">905 m (2,969 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eerefliko%C3%A7hisar" title="Şereflikoçhisar">Şereflikoçhisar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eskil" title="Eskil">Eskil</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lake Tuz</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr"><b>Tuz Gölü</b></i> meaning 'Salt Lake) is the second largest <a href="/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">lake</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> with its 1,665 km<sup>2</sup> (643 sq mi) surface area and one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Hypersaline_lake" title="Hypersaline lake">hypersaline lakes</a> in the world. It is located in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Anatolia Region">Central Anatolia Region</a>, 105 km (65 mi) northeast of <a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a>, 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> and 57 km (35 mi) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Aksaray" title="Aksaray">Aksaray</a>. In recent years, Lake Tuz has become a hotspot for tourists. In October 2021, Lake Tuz temporarily dried up completely due to water mismanagement and climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Tuz,_Turkey_(Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey_%28Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0%29.jpg/220px-Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey_%28Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey_%28Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0%29.jpg/330px-Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey_%28Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey_%28Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0%29.jpg/440px-Lake_Tuz%2C_Turkey_%28Unsplash_O0uCm1WLnA0%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>Salty shores of Lake Tuz.</figcaption></figure> <p>The lake, occupying a tectonic depression in the central plateau of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, is fed by two major streams, groundwater, and surface water, but has no outlet. <a href="/wiki/Brackish_marsh" title="Brackish marsh">Brackish marshes</a> have formed where channels and streams enter the lake. Arable fields surround the lake, except in the south and southwest where extensive seasonally flooded salt-steppe occurs. </p><p>For most of the year, it is very shallow (approx.0.4 m (1 ft)). During winter part of the salt is dissolved in the fresh water that is introduced to the lake by precipitation and <a href="/wiki/Surface_runoff" title="Surface runoff">surface runoff</a> (to 324‰ <a href="/wiki/Salinity" title="Salinity">salinity</a>). During the summer the lake dries up exposing an average of 30 cm thick salt layer in August. This mechanism is used as a basis for the process of the salt mines in the lake. The three mines operating in the lake produce 63% of the salt consumed in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. The salt mining generates industrial activity in the region, mainly related to salt processing and refining. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Subsidence in the Tuz Gölü Lower Basin occurred during the Upper Senonian-Lower Middle <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> and was followed by a regression that started in the upper <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> and continued until the end of the <a href="/wiki/Oligocene" title="Oligocene">Oligocene</a>. During the Upper Senonian-Lower Middle Eocene, the Tuz Gölü Lower Basin formed a single and continuous depression towards the north with the <a href="/wiki/Haymana,_Ankara" class="mw-redirect" title="Haymana, Ankara">Haymana</a> region. The Haymana Basin, which rose after the deposition of the Middle Eocene Nummulitic limestones, separated the Tuz Gölü Basin with a fault zone along the eastern edge of the Karacadağ uplift.<sup id="cite_ref-csb.gov.tr_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csb.gov.tr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The connection of Tuz Gölü with the north-northeast Çankırı basin occurred during the <a href="/wiki/Pliocene" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a> period and continued throughout the Middle Eocene-Oligocene, when the lake basin became a <a href="/wiki/Graben" title="Graben">graben</a> bounded by the north-west and north-east fault zones. After the main deformation in the late <a href="/wiki/Oligocene" title="Oligocene">Oligocene</a> or <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> period, local depositional basins were formed during the Neogene period, and volcanics of varying thickness and terrestrial sediments including lake limestones were deposited in these basins. The Tuz Gölü Basin has been little affected by the recent Alpine compressional movements in the Pliocene. Tension movements that took place in the Neogene and continued until the Pliocene caused volcanic activities dating back to historical times.<sup id="cite_ref-csb.gov.tr_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csb.gov.tr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geological_structure">Geological structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geological structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Salt_Lake.jpg/220px-Salt_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Salt_Lake.jpg/330px-Salt_Lake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Salt_Lake.jpg/440px-Salt_Lake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5333" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Long Exposure Night Sky in Tuz Gölu</figcaption></figure> <p>It can be said that Tuz Gölü has a unique geological structure. In the geological structure of the lake, there is a salt layer of different densities that continues continuously for 1,000 meters. This layer ensures the continuity of salt production around the lake, in other words, it extends the commercial life of the salt industry in the region. </p><p>In the Tuz Gölü Basin, there is a 10 km-thick stacking with age varying from the Upper Cretaceous to the present. While units such as shale, sandstone, pebble stone and limestone, which generally have flysch character and interact with each other in vertical and lateral directions, were deposited in the deep parts of the basin, it was revealed by the researchers that terrestrial and shallow marine units in the marginal parts were also deposited. </p><p>Conglomerate and sandstones, which are high energy products, were deposited in shallow marine and terrestrial environments, and shale, limestone, gypsum and anhydrites were formed in calm periods. The basement rock units, Temirözü, Mollaresul formations, <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> complex and <a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir" title="Kırşehir">Kırşehir</a> crystalline complex in the north and northeast of the Tuz Gölü Basin, and low-grade metamorphics in the west and southwest constitute.<sup id="cite_ref-csb.gov.tr_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csb.gov.tr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SALT_LAKE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/SALT_LAKE.jpg/220px-SALT_LAKE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/SALT_LAKE.jpg/330px-SALT_LAKE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/SALT_LAKE.jpg/440px-SALT_LAKE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9280" data-file-height="6944" /></a><figcaption>Climate of Lake Tuz</figcaption></figure> <p>The basin of Lake Tuz is influenced by <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">cold semi-arid</a> (<i>BSk</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental</a> (<i>Dsa</i> and <i>Dsb</i>) climates. Northern areas of the basin such as <a href="/wiki/Kulu,_Konya" title="Kulu, Konya">Kulu</a> are wetter and show humid continental characteristics, meanwhile more southern areas like <a href="/wiki/%C3%87umra" title="Çumra">Çumra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aksaray" title="Aksaray">Aksaray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karap%C4%B1nar" title="Karapınar">Karapınar</a> have a steppe climate. The area is generally sheltered from moisture-bearing air masses behind the <a href="/wiki/Taurus_Mountains" title="Taurus Mountains">Taurus Mountains</a>. The average yearly precipitation in the basin is 324 mm, thus making the region one of the driest in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eerefliko%C3%A7hisar" title="Şereflikoçhisar">Şereflikoçhisar</a> (northeastern shore) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.1<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.8<br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #EFFFEF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #D9FFD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(1.6) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">420<br />(16.6) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg/220px-Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg/330px-Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg/440px-Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Tatta.L..jpg 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="663" /></a><figcaption>Map of Lake Tatta in Ancient Times</figcaption></figure> <p>Anciently, the lake was called Tatta, and was located on the frontiers between <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Lycaonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Lycaonia">ancient Lycaonia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Galatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Galatia">Galatia</a>; it had originally belonged to <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Phrygia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Phrygia">Phrygia</a>, but was afterwards annexed to Lycaonia. The ancients reported that its waters were so impregnated with brine, that any substance dipped into it, was immediately encrusted with a thick coat of salt; even birds flying near the surface had their wings moistened with the saline particles, so as to become incapable of rising into the air, and to be easily caught.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium" title="Stephanus of Byzantium">Stephanus of Byzantium</a> speaks of a salt lake in Phrygia, which he calls <b>Attaea</b> (Ἄτταια), near which there was a town called Botieum, and which is probably the settlements of <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eerefliko%C3%A7hisar" title="Şereflikoçhisar">Şereflikoçhisar</a> or <a href="/wiki/Eskil" title="Eskil">Eskil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-history">Pre-history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pre-history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pre-historical Lake Tatta was originally a much larger <a href="/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">freshwater lake</a> with numerous rivers flowing in and out of it, that dominated the <a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Anatolia Region">Central Anatolian</a> interior. Lush with vegetation, the region sprung up some of the earliest known civilizations including the <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anatolian_peoples" title="Anatolian peoples">Anatolian people</a>. After the last <a href="/wiki/Ice_age" title="Ice age">Ice age</a> between 11,000 and 5,000 years ago, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolian_steppe" title="Central Anatolian steppe">Central Anatolian steppe</a> began to gradually transform into its current form. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lac_Tuz_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lac_Tuz_%281%29.jpg/220px-Lac_Tuz_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lac_Tuz_%281%29.jpg/330px-Lac_Tuz_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lac_Tuz_%281%29.jpg/440px-Lac_Tuz_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Flora of Lake Tuz</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flamingolar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flamingolar.jpg/220px-Flamingolar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flamingolar.jpg/330px-Flamingolar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flamingolar.jpg/440px-Flamingolar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>A group of flamingos flocking to Lake Tuz</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2001, Lake Tuz was declared a specially protected area, including all of the lake surface and surrounding waterbeds and some of the important neighboring steppe areas. The main Turkish breeding colony of <a href="/wiki/Greater_flamingo" title="Greater flamingo">greater flamingo</a> (<i>Phoenicopterus roseus</i>) is present on a group of islands in the southern part of the lake. <a href="/wiki/Greater_white-fronted_goose" title="Greater white-fronted goose">Greater white-fronted goose</a> (<i>Anser albifrons</i>) is the second largest breeder here. <a href="/wiki/Lesser_kestrel" title="Lesser kestrel">Lesser kestrel</a> (<i>Falco naumanni</i>) is a common breeder in surrounding villages.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lac_Tuz_(9).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A gift shop near Lake Tuz"><img alt="A gift shop near Lake Tuz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lac_Tuz_%289%29.jpg/160px-Lac_Tuz_%289%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lac_Tuz_%289%29.jpg/240px-Lac_Tuz_%289%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lac_Tuz_%289%29.jpg/320px-Lac_Tuz_%289%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A gift shop near Lake Tuz</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Empty chair at Lake Tuz"><img alt="Empty chair at Lake Tuz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg/180px-Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg/270px-Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg/360px-Single_Chair_1_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4496" data-file-height="2997" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Empty chair at Lake Tuz</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Tuz at Sunset"><img alt="Lake Tuz at Sunset" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg/160px-Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg/240px-Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg/320px-Ankara_Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lake Tuz at Sunset</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Tuz_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Tuz seen from the road"><img alt="Lake Tuz seen from the road" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lake_Tuz_2.jpg/180px-Lake_Tuz_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lake_Tuz_2.jpg/270px-Lake_Tuz_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Lake_Tuz_2.jpg/360px-Lake_Tuz_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lake Tuz seen from the road</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tourists visiting Lake Tuz"><img alt="Tourists visiting Lake Tuz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG/180px-Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG/269px-Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG/359px-Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BC1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tourists visiting Lake Tuz</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Lake_Tuz,Turkey.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="In the summer, the salt lake is transformed into a salt flat or playa."><img alt="In the summer, the salt lake is transformed into a salt flat or playa." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Salt_Lake_Tuz%2CTurkey.jpg/180px-Salt_Lake_Tuz%2CTurkey.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Salt_Lake_Tuz%2CTurkey.jpg/270px-Salt_Lake_Tuz%2CTurkey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Salt_Lake_Tuz%2CTurkey.jpg/360px-Salt_Lake_Tuz%2CTurkey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">In the summer, the salt lake is transformed into a salt flat or playa.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Turkey" title="List of lakes of Turkey">List of lakes of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tuz_Natural_Gas_Storage" title="Lake Tuz Natural Gas Storage">Lake Tuz Natural Gas Storage</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Tuz&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Bin_Tepe" title="Bin Tepe">Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratonicea_(Caria)" title="Stratonicea (Caria)">Ancient City of Stratonikeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assos" title="Assos">Archaeological Site of Assos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laodicea_on_the_Lycus" title="Laodicea on the Lycus">Archaeological site of Laodikeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priene" title="Priene">Archaeological Site of Priene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayval%C4%B1k" title="Ayvalık">Ayvalık Industrial Landscape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodrum_Castle" title="Bodrum Castle">The Bodrum Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birgi" title="Birgi">Historic Town of Birgi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">The Historical Port City of Izmir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mausoleum_of_Hecatomnus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mausoleum of Hecatomnus (page does not exist)">Mausoleum and Sacred area of Hecatomnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Be%C3%A7in" title="Beçin">Medieval City of Beçin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_region" title="Black Sea region">Black Sea<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Niksar" title="Niksar">Early Period of Anatolian Turkish Heritage: Niksar, The Capital of Danishmend Dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudurnu" title="Mudurnu">Historic Guild Town of Mudurnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1z%C4%B1l%C4%B1rmak_Delta" title="Kızılırmak Delta">Kızılırmak Delta Wetland and Bird Sanctuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Har%C5%9Fena" title="Mount Harşena">Mount Harşena</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tombs_of_the_kings_of_Pontus" title="Tombs of the kings of Pontus">Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball%C4%B1ca_Cave" title="Ballıca Cave">Nature Park of Ballıca Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumela_Monastery" title="Sumela Monastery">Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia_region" title="Central Anatolia region">Central Anatolia<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCltepe" title="Kültepe">Archaeological Site of Kültepe-Kanesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilica_Therma" title="Basilica Therma">Basilica Therma (Sarıkaya Roma Hamamı)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hac%C4%B1_Bayram_Mosque" title="Hacı Bayram Mosque">Haci Bayram Mosque and its Surrounding Area (the Haci Bayram District)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Bektash_Veli_Complex" title="Haji Bektash Veli Complex">Haci Bektas Veli Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beypazar%C4%B1" title="Beypazarı">Historic Town of Beypazarı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde" title="Niğde">Historical Monuments of Niğde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0vriz_relief" title="İvriz relief">Ivriz Cultural Landscape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koramaz_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Koramaz Valley (page does not exist)">Koramaz Valley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lake Tuz Special Environmental Protection Area (SEPA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odunpazar%C4%B1" title="Odunpazarı">Odunpazari Historical Urban Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Ahi_Evren" title="Tomb of Ahi Evren">Tomb of Ahi Evran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Anatolia_region" title="Eastern Anatolia region">Eastern Anatolia<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Aghtamar" title="Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar">Akdamar Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eshab-%C4%B1_Kehf_Kulliye" title="Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye">Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye (Islamic-Ottoman Social Complex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoot" title="Harpoot">Historic City of Harput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemaliye" title="Kemaliye">Historic Town of Kemaliye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishak_Pasha_Palace" title="Ishak Pasha Palace">Ishak Pasha Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tombstones_of_Ahlat_the_Urartian_and_Ottoman_citadel" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel">The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Fortress" title="Van Fortress">Tushpa/Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marmara_region" title="Marmara region">Marmara<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sangarius_Bridge" title="Sangarius Bridge">The Bridge of Justinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzunk%C3%B6pr%C3%BC_Bridge" title="Uzunköprü Bridge">The Bridge of Uzunköprü</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Çanakkale (Dardanelles)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Peninsula_Historical_Site" title="Gallipoli Peninsula Historical Site">Gelibolu (Gallipoli)</a> Battles Zones in the First World War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0znik" title="İznik">İznik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuruosmaniye_Mosque" title="Nuruosmaniye Mosque">Nuruosmaniye Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Complex_of_Sultan_Bayezid_II" title="Complex of Sultan Bayezid II">Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_Palace" title="Yıldız Palace">Yıldız Palace Complex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_region,_Turkey" title="Mediterranean region, Turkey">Mediterranean<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alahan_Monastery" title="Alahan Monastery">Alahan Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alanya" title="Alanya">Alanya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Cities_of_Lycian_Civilization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization (page does not exist)">Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anazarbus" title="Anazarbus">Ancient City of Anazarbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaunos" title="Kaunos">Ancient City of Kaunos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kibyra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kibyra">Ancient city of Kibyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corycus" title="Corycus">Ancient City of Korykos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perga" title="Perga">Archaeological Site of Perge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagalassos" title="Sagalassos">Archaeological Site of Sagalassos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eflatun_P%C4%B1nar" title="Eflatun Pınar">Eflatun Pinar: The Hittite Spring Sanctuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_G%C3%BCll%C3%BCk-Termessos_National_Park" title="Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park">Güllük Dagi National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Termessos" title="Termessos">Termessos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Peter" title="Church of Saint Peter">Hatay, St. Pierre Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karain_Cave" title="Karain Cave">Karain Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karatepe" title="Karatepe">Karatepe-Aslantaş Archaeological Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kekova" title="Kekova">Kekova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamure_Castle" title="Mamure Castle">Mamure Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre" title="St. Nicholas Church, Demre">St. Nicholas Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Church,_Tarsus" title="Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus">St.Paul Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Well" title="Saint Paul's Well">Saint Paul's Well</a> and surrounding historic quarters</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspendos" title="Aspendos">The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of Aspendos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vespasianus_Titus_Tunnel" title="Vespasianus Titus Tunnel">Vespasianus Titus Tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yesemek_Quarry_and_Sculpture_Workshop" title="Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop">Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yivliminare_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Yivliminare Mosque">Yivli Minaret Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia_region" title="Southeastern Anatolia region">Southeastern Anatolia<br />region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zeugma_(Commagene)" title="Zeugma (Commagene)">Archeological Site of Zeugma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harran" title="Harran">Harran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urfa" title="Urfa">Şanlıurfa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%B0smail_Fakirullah_Tomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="İsmail Fakirullah Tomb (page does not exist)">Ismail Fakirullah Tomb and its Light Refraction Mechanism</a></li> <li>Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Monasteries of Midyat and Surrounding Area (<a href="/wiki/Tur_Abdin" title="Tur Abdin">Tur Abdin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malabadi_Bridge" title="Malabadi Bridge">The Malabadi Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardin" title="Mardin">Mardin Cultural Landscape</a></li> <li><a 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