Namak Lake
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| Geographical location | Asia , Iran | |
| Tributaries | Qom (river) | |
| Drain | Qom (river) | |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 29 '45 " N , 51 ° 52' 36" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 790 m | |
| surface | 1,800 km², water area = 1 km² | |
| volume | 0.00145 km³ (= 14,500,000 hl) | |
| Maximum depth | 1 m | |
| Middle deep | 0.45 m | |
The Namaksee ( Persian درياچهٔ نمك, DMG Daryāče-ye Namak , 'salt lake') is a salt lake in Iran . It is located approx. 100 km east of the city of Qom and approx. 120 km south of the capital Tehran at an altitude of approx. 790 m above sea level. The area of the salt area is approx. 1800 km², but the lake itself only has an area of approx. 1 km². The lake is located at the western end of the great salt desert in the highlands, the Dascht-e Kawir . To the east is the Kawir National Park with an area of 4000 km².
The water level fluctuates due to water withdrawal and evaporation. The lake has the most water in spring. The shallow lake is between 45 cm to 1 meter deep. Some rare fish species live in the lake. An important inflow and outflow is the Qom River .
From the central part of the salt lake, the salt extracted there is transported to the city of Kaschan for sale by trucks over drivable roads .
Local shepherds report that the quicksand devours humans and animals, which is why warning signs have been put up there. Daniel Bonn from the University of Amsterdam took a soil sample and examined the phenomenon in the laboratory. According to his results, the sand at Lake Namak is much too dry. However, there are other studies of dry quicksand that reports of sinking into quicksand may be accurate.
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- ↑ Sina Vodjani and Gabriele von Kröcher: Zarathustra. Membrane International, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-86562-739-1 , pp. 180-187