Wonderful lake van. Turkey

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The Main pride of Turkey and its main resort is the greatest and world-famous lake van. This unique pond is very beautiful with incredible nature around itself originated many years ago and has the distinction of being the world's only soda lake of this magnitude. And in the top of “Perennial saline lakes in the world” takes the 4th place of honor.

lake van

Apart from the fact that the water in the lake is salty, it also offers a host of sodium salts, in particular – soda, that the lake resembles in its composition of the soap solution and, by the way, perfectly washes things. Of course, people are happy to use the benefits given them by nature, and quite often come to the lake to have a wash, and at the same time to improve the body.

Origins

About two hundred thousand years ago the volcano Nemrut woke up, with the result that the resulting avalanche flow, which had a length of more than 60 kilometers, blocked the outflow of water from lake van basin of Mush, thereby leading to the appearance of the pond. Now the lake is located in the deepest part of the basin and surrounded by high mountain ranges of long extinct volcanoes. Scientists believe that after some time, the lake van will start to decrease and, probably, later will disappear from the face of the earth. It will happen due to the fact that the growing erosion of the Eastern Taurus gradually establishes new water runoff in the basin of the Tigris river.

Location

The Lake is located in the Armenian highlands – the Eastern part of modern Turkey. The location of lake van, raised to a height in 1648 meters. The area of the lake is 3574 km². Has a rather unusual shape, something like a triangle, and its depth in some places can reach 451 m. This is the most impressive lake in Turkey, the total volume of water which is 576 km³.

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 where is the lake van

It is an incredibly huge number of small and very beautiful Islands, and is the largest and most famous island of lim lies in the Northern part of the reservoir. No soda lake of the world can not compare with him in size. That is why the pit is rightly called the lake-sea.

Features

The lake is fed by four small rivers: Bendimahi and Salan-Deresi on the North side of the reservoir, and Karasu and Metzinger on the East. They nourish the lake van. Quite remarkable that in the mouths of these rivers the water in the lake is fresh water, despite the fact that the total salinity of the water (taken from the bottom) equals 67%, which is 2 times higher than in the sea. The salinity level in different parts of the lake varies greatly in concentration.

Also, somewhere from April to June, the reservoir receives a large portion of fresh water, replenished by thawed snow from nearby mountains and long spring rains. By July the water level reaches its maximum level.

Experts say that the water of lake van is much more useful Dead sea due to its unsurpassed chemical composition. Tourists and people living near the pond, even treat it diseases such as arthritis and rheumatism.

Climate

Thanks to its high location on the lake was established fairly mild weather conditions. Winter here is not as cold as in other regions of Turkey, and in the summer there is no heat. Surrounded by a ring of mountain peak, it is protected from strong winds because the lake van is always calm, never here of any unrest, there is always quiet.

world lakes

For its part, the lake water of such a large amount is also significantly moderates the climate around them. This gives you the opportunity to grow a huge amount of heat-loving fruit trees in the area. Therefore, on the shores of lake stunning Apple blossom, peach and olive orchards, creating a complete sense of magic and some kind of unreality.

Due to the high concentration of salt water in the lake is not frozen, except in the area of small plots on the North side of the reservoir. In summer the temperature at the surface rises to +20 °C, in the winter cold. But at the depth of 50 meters during the whole year the water temperature does not change, holding at around +3 °C.

Miracles

Local water is extremely saturated with carbonate, sulphate and chloride of sodium, which makes it completely unsuitable for drinking and unsuitable for fish life. But, surprisingly, lake van boasts a unique fish, the only one that is able to live in its halls, and it can not be found anywhere except on the lake. This fish is called the pearl mullet, and it belongs to the species of carp, however, their appearance is more like a herring. The fish thrives in fresh and salt water with salt concentration up to 23%, but spawns only in the mouths of rivers and creeks flowing into the lake, where the fresh water.

lake in Turkey

And the area of lake van is world-famous for a rare breed of cat that live here. The main difference is that she just loves to swim and is not afraid of water. And her eyes are often different colors - blue and green. That's such an unusual cat.

Turkish lake van is truly one of the most unusual places in the world that definitely worth a visit. It is characterized by its incredible beauty and unique usefulproperties.


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