Lake Van
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/19456
- Note
- "Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü; Armenian: Վանա լիճ; Vana lič̣, Kurdish: Gola Wanê), the largest lake in Turkey and the Armenian Highlands, lies in the far east of Turkey in the provinces of Van and Bitlis. It is a saline soda lake, receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains. Lake Van is one of the world´s largest endorheic lakes (having no outlet)—a volcanic eruption blocked the original outlet from the basin in prehistoric times. Although Lake Van has an altitude of 1,640 m (5,380 ft) in a region with harsh winters, its high salinity prevents most of it from freezing, and even the shallow northern section freezes only rarely." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2020)
- Latitude
- 38.633335113525
- Longitude
- 42.816665649414
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
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