Konya Closed Basin
Samsam Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Kulu
Surface Area: 830
Altitude: 980 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kılıçgaga (max. 616).
Main Characteristics: light salty lake
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Kozanlı Gökgöl
City: Konya
Provinces: Kulu
Surface Area: 650
Altitude: 925 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: Dikkuyruk (10 pairs) and küçük kerkenez (10 pairs in Kozanlı town) reproduce.
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp
Kulu Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Kulu
Surface Area: 860
Altitude: 950 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It hosts yaz ördeği (3 pairs), Macar ördeği (20 pairs), paspaş patka (10 pairs), dikkuyruk (30 pairs), kılıçgaga (250 pairs), büyük cılıbıt, Akdeniz martısı (400 pairs) and gülen sumru. There are kara boyunlu batağan (max. 2055), angıt(max. 10.000), dikkuyruk (max. 319), uzunbacak (max. 4000), kılıçgaga (max. 1000) and akça cılıbıt (max. 300). Sometimes sakarca (max. 9718) can be seen.
Main Characteristics: light salty lake
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Ereğli Reed Bed
City: Konya, Karaman
Provinces: Ereğli, Karapınar, Ayrancı
Surface Area : 37000
Altitude: 998 m
Protection: partially
Bird Species: Küçük karabatak (600 pairs), ak pelikan (23 pairs), tepeli pelikan (düzensiz olarak reproduce), alaca balıkçıl (30 pairs), erguvani balıkçıl (50 pairs), çeltikçi (50 pairs), kaşıkçı (20 pairs), flamingo (300 pairs), boz ördek (20 pairs), yaz ördeği (5 pairs), Macar ördeği (500 pairs), paspaş patka (10 pairs), dikkuyruk (50 pairs), küçük kerkenez (20 pairs), kılıçgaga (75 pairs), bataklıkkırlangıcı(50 pairs), büyük cılıbıt, mahmuzlu kızkuşu (20 pairs) and küçük sumru (60 pairs) are reproducing with important numbers.
Main Characteristics: sweet water swamp, steppe
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Karapınar Plains
City: Konya
Provinces: Karapınar, Emirgazi
Surface Area : 15200
Altitude: 960 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status due to büyük cılıbıt population and important numbers present during winter sakarca (max. 14.000) and angıt (max. 900).
Main Characteristics: light salty lake, salty swamp
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Eşmekaya Reed Bed
City: Aksaray
Provinces: Aksaray Merkez, Eskil
Surface Area : 11250
Altitude: 845 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with macar ördeği (30 pairs), çayır delicesi (15 pairs), küçük kerkenez (12 pairs) and mahmuzlu kızkuşu (10 pairs) population. There are important numbers of water birds during winter (max. 21.327), leading by sakarca (max. 19.400). Leylek (max. 9550) and bataklık kırlangıcı (max. 150) can be seen during migration.
Main Characteristics: sweet and salty lakes, swamp
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Beyşehir Lake
City: Konya, Isparta
Provinces: Beyşehir, Hüyük, Yenişarbademli, Şarkikaraağaç
Surface Area : 73000
Altitude : 1123 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with important number wintering water birds (max. 213.824), including macar ördeği (max.603), elmabaş patka (max. 47.883) and sakarmeke (max. 163.378).
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake
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Suğla Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Seydişehir, Yalıhüyük
Surface Area : 16500
Altitude : 1095 m
Protection: N/A
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake
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Hotamış Reed Bed
City: Konya
Provinces: Çumra, Karapınar
Surface Area : 16500
Altitude: 999 m
Protection: partially
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with küçük karabatak (25 pairs), küçük balaban (30 pairs), alaca balıkçıl (50 pairs), çeltikçi (75 pairs), yaz ördeği (20 pairs), Macar ördeği (30 pairs), dikkuyruk (40 pairs), bataklık kırlangıcı (100 pairs), büyük cılıbıt and mahmuzlu kızkuşu (40 pairs) populations. Also there are pasbaş patka (max. 89), dikkuyruk (max. 354) and uzunbacak.
Main Characteristics: sweet water swamp, small salt lake
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Bolluk Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Cihanbeyli
Surface Area : 1150
Altitude: 925 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kaşıkçı (30 pairs), kılıçgaga (55 pairs), Akdeniz martısı (2250 pairs) and gülen sumru (400 pairs) populations.
Main Characteristics: salt lake, salt pans
Tersakan Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Cihanbeyli
Surface Area : 6400
Altitude: 920 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kılıçgaga population. During winter, there are important numbers of water birds (max. 20.841), leading sakarca (max. 14.700).
Main Characteristics: salt lake, salt pans
Salt Lake
City: Konya, Aksaray, Ankara
Provinces: Konya, Aksaray, Ankara
Surface Area : 260000
Altitude: 905 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: Biggest flamingo colony of our country lives here. During the aerial counting performed in 1992, it is determined that colony includes 14.000 pairs of flamingo. Küçük kerkenez is specie, which widely reproduces within villages surrounding lake. Kılıçgaga and büyük cılıbıt is also breeding. During winter sakarca (max. 12500) can be seen.
Main Characteristics: salt lake, steppe