Loch Van
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| Loch Van | |
|---|---|
 Frae space, September 1996 (tap o image is roughly northwast) | |
| Coordinates | 38°38′N 42°49′E / 38.633°N 42.817°ECoordinates: 38°38′N 42°49′E / 38.633°N 42.817°E |
| Teep | saline loch |
| Primary inflows | Karasu, Hoşap, Güzelsu, Bendimahi, Zilan an Yeniköprü streams[1] |
| Primar ootflows | none |
| Catchment aurie | 12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin kintras | Turkey |
| Max. lenth | 119 km (74 mi) |
| Surface aurie | 3,755 km2 (1,450 sq mi) |
| Average deepth | 171 m (561 ft) |
| Max. deepth | 451 m (1,480 ft)[2] |
| Watter vollum | 607 km3 (146 cu mi)[2] |
| Shore lenth1 | 430 km (270 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 1,640 m (5,380 ft) |
| Islands | Akdamar, Çarpanak (Ktuts), Adır (Lim), Kuş (Arter) |
| Settlements | Van, Tatvan, Ahlat, Erciş |
| 1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur. | |
Loch Van (Turkis: Van Gölü, [Վանա լիճ, Vana lič̣] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Kurdish: Gola Wanê) is the lairgest loch in Turkey, locatit in the far east o the kintra in the provinces o Van an Bitlis.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coskun, M.; Musaoğlu, N. (2004), "Investigation of Rainfall-Runoff Modelling of the Van Lake Catchment by Using Remote Sensing and GIS Integration" (PDF), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PDF)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Degens, E.T.; Wong, H.K.; Kempe, S.; Kurtman, F. (June 1984), "A geological study of Lake Van, eastern Turkey", International Journal of Earth Sciences, Springer, 73 (2): 701–734, doi:10.1007/BF01824978
