Lake Tuz
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Lake Tuz
Lake · Turkey
Description
The second-largest lake in Turkey, a vast, shallow salt lake on the central Anatolian plateau that largely dries in summer into a blinding white salt flat. Flamingos breed on its briny shallows.
Key facts
Lake Tuz is in Konya.
- Region
- Konya
- Area
- 2,075 km²
- Elevation
- 905 m
- Max depth
- 2 m
- Length
- 80 km
- Nearest village
- Hamzalı · 12 km