Lake Sapanca
Lake Sapanca (Turkish: Sapanca Gölü) 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
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| Location | Sapanca |
| Coordinates | 40°43′N 30°15′E |
| Native name | Sapanca Gölü (Turkish) |
| Catchment area | 251 km2 (97 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Turkey |
| Surface area | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 52 m (171 ft) |
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 has become a destination for day trips and weekend vacations.
List of fish in the Lake Sapanca
- European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Liiaeus, 1758)
- Big-scale sand smelt, Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810)
- Black Sea shad, Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)
- Clupeonella abrau muhlisi (Neu, 1934)
- Cobitis vardarensis (Karaman, 1928)
- Angora loach, Nemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897)
- Common bream, Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Italian bleak, Alburnus albidus (Costa, 1938)
- Common bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
- Asp, Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
- Danube bleak, Chalcalburnus chalcoides (Guldenstad, 1772)
- Chondrostoma angorense (Elvira, 1987)
- Common carp, Cyprinus carpio (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)
- Northern pike, Esox lucius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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)
- Pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- European perch, Perca fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Petromyzontidae
- European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
- Black Sea salmon, Salmo trutta labrax (Pallas, 1811)
- Salmo cettii, Salmo trutta macrostigma (Dumeril, 1858)
- Wels catfish, Silurus glanis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Black-striped pipefish, Syngnathus abaster (Risso, 1827)
- Narrow-snouted pipefish, Syngnathus tenuirostris (Rathke, 1837)
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