Key facts
- Location
- Central Anatolia
- Type
- endorheic , hypersaline
- Primary inflows
- Peçenek Çayı, Melendiz Çayı
- Primary outflows
- none
- Catchment area
- 11,900 km (4,600 sq mi)
- Basin countries
- Turkey
- Max length
- 80 km (50 mi)
- Max width
- 50 km (31 mi)
- Surface area
- 1,600 km (620 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 0.5 m (2 ft)
- Max depth
- 1.5 m (5 ft)
- Surface elevation
- 905 m (2,969 ft)
- Settlements
- Şereflikoçhisar , Eskil
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Lake Tuz (Turkish: Tuz Gölü, 'Salt Lake'), is the second largest lake in Turkey with its 1,665 km (643 mi) surface area and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. It is located in the Central Anatolia Region, 105 km (65 mi) northeast of Konya, 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Ankara and 57 km (35 mi) northwest of Aksaray. In recent years, Lake Tuz has become a hotspot for tourists. In October 2021, Lake Tuz temporarily dried up completely due to climate change and unsustainable irrigation practices.
Geography