Eğirdir Gölü
| Eğirdir Gölü | ||
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| The lake with the city of Eğirdir (left) and the two islands | ||
| Geographical location | Isparta Province ( Turkey ) | |
| Drain | Channel to Kovada Gölü | |
| Places on the shore | Egirdir | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 3 ' N , 30 ° 52' E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 917 m | |
| surface | 482 km² | |
| length | 50 km | |
| width | 3 km to 5 km (east to west) | |
| Maximum depth | 16.5 m | |
| Middle deep | 14 m | |
The Eğirdir Gölü (Eğirdir Lake) is the fourth largest lake and the second largest freshwater lake in the Turkey .
Surname
The lake is named after the coastal town of Eğirdir . Their name comes from the Turkish pronunciation of Eğridir from their old Greek name Akrotiri , which means something like "crooked" in Turkish, so that the name of the town and lake was officially changed to Eğirdir in the 1980s .
location
The lake, about 186 km north of Antalya in the province of Isparta , belongs to the Isaurian-Pisidian Lake District . It is divided into two parts on the Hoyran Lake, the smaller northern part is also called Hoyran Gölü . The basin of the 468 km² large Eğirdir Gölü extends in NS direction to 916 m above sea level. N.N. in a rift zone within the kink zone between the West Taurus and the Middle Taurus ( curve of Isparta ). Sometimes lined with sparse juniper forests, Turkey's fourth largest inland lake, with a maximum depth of only 20 m, is embedded in the mountains of Barla Dağı (2263 m) and Karakuş Dağı (1995 m) in the west, Davraz Dağı (2635 m) in the south as well as the Dedegöl Dağı (2388 m) and the Kirişli Dağı (1889 m) in the east. In the north, a 1.5 km narrow point separates a third of the lake area as Hoyran Gölü, named after the village of Kumdanlı in the northeast of the lake, which was formerly called Hoyran. The ancient city of Oroanda was probably located on this section of the lake. Together, both parts of the lake are about 50 km long and a maximum of 15 km wide. The Hoyran Gölü in particular is very rich in nutrients, so that there is a considerable fish population here in addition to the marsh crayfish (10 different species, including carp, tenderloin, pikeperch). Water birds and marsh birds (herons) benefit accordingly. The lake has an outflow to the Kovada Gölü (see there), but at the same time is also drained underground through numerous swallowing holes (ponors), the location of which, however, is not yet known exactly.
In the southern part there are two former islands, Can Ada (Turkish for " island of life") and Yeşil Ada (Turkish for "green island"), which are connected to the city of Eğirdir by a paved road. Can Ada is the smaller of the two islands with an area of 7 hectares and is uninhabited. The island is only used for walks and picnics. When Mustafa Kemal visited the city of Eğirdir on February 1, 1933, he was given the Can Ada in recognition of his services . After his death it was awarded to his heirs. Today the island belongs to the city of Eğirdir. Yeşil Ada was inhabited by the Greeks until the Greek minority was expelled in 1923 and is considered Eğirdir's most popular tourist pier. In addition to the beautiful landscape, there are historical buildings such as the Aya Stefanos Church.
Economic use
In addition to the rich occurrence of fish and crustaceans (e.g. the Galician crayfish ), the lake plays an important role in irrigating agricultural areas and in generating energy for the region around the lake. It feeds the smaller lake Kovada Gölü to the south via a 25 km long canal . A power plant has been in operation since the end of 1994, from which part of the drinking water for the province of Isparta is obtained.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Höhfeld: Egirdir Gölü . In: Baedeker Alliance travel guide. Turkey . 3. Edition. Mairs Geographischer Verlag, Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-87504-546-7 , p. 287 .