Lake in Turkey
Lake Sapanca (Turkish: Sapanca Gölü) (previous Greek name: Boáne (Βοάνη)) is a fresh water lake in Turkey, between the Gulf of İzmit and the Adapazarı Meadow. The lake has a catchment area of 251 km2, surface area is 45 km2, a length 16 km east–west / 5 km north–south, and a maximum depth of 52 m.[1]Lake Sapanca, Turkey
Sapanca Lake is located on a tectonic hole, which is situated between Izmit Bay and Adapazari Meadow and runs parallel to Iznik Lake.
The catchment area of Lake Sapanca - about 251 km2 [km²] - is surrounded by mountains in the south and small hills in the north. Water is taken from the Lake for domestic and industrial needs.
The region around Sapanca is an important destination for day trips and weekend vacations.[2]
List of fish in the Lake Sapanca
Anguillidae
Atherinidae
Clupeidae
Cobitidae
Cyprinidae
- Common bream, Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Italian bleak, Alburnus albidus (Costa, 1938)
- Common bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danube bleak, Alburnus chalcoides (Guldenstad, 1772)
- Spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
- Silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
- Black Sea nase Chondrostoma angorense (Elvira, 1987)
- Common carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Asp, Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Black Sea chub, Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859)
- European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782)
- Common roach, Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- European chub, Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tench, Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vimba bream, Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Esocidae
Gobiidae
- Caucasian dwarf goby, Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916)
- Racer goby, Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler, 1857)
- Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)
- Monkey goby, Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814)
- Syrman goby, Ponticola syrman (Nordmann, 1840)
- Marine tubenose goby, Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814)
Centrarchidae
Percidae
Petromyzontidae
Salmonidae
Siluridae
Syngnathidae
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Notes
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- ^ GNF - Lake Sapanca
- ^ "Lake Sapanca – Turkey". Global Nature fund.