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Meke crater lake

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-04-26 18:21:18 UTC

The lake in the Karapınar district of konya, formed by the filling of an extinct volcano crater with water and islets in the middle. Karapınar-Ereğli 7 km away from the road 2 km away. .

Properties of Meke crater lake

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-04-26 18:25:04 UTC

The length of the lake and the primary crater pit is 800 meters and the width is 500 meters. The lake is 12 meters deep. Take the name of the lake from surrounding birde.

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-04-26 18:47:25 UTC

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-04-26 18:48:10 UTC

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-04-26 18:50:33 UTC

This crater (pyroclastic cone), which was formed after the volcanic eruption 4-5 million years ago (the Pleistocene era), was filled with water and transformed into a lake over time, and then a second volcanic eruption occurred 9000 years ago and the second volcano in the center of the lake was formed. Filled with a second lake.

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-04-28 06:52:59 UTC

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-05-04 18:39:39 UTC

Lake Meke is 981 m above sea level. The lake in the volcano cone, which is 50 m high from the water level in the middle of the Main Meke, is 25 m deep and the water is salty. Meke Maari on the list of the Ramsar Convention in 2005.

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-05-04 18:40:58 UTC

The structure of the volcanic mass that makes up the island has the ability to absorb even the most severe rains immediately. That's why the shape of Meke has not been degraded for millennia. But in recent years it has completely dried up in the summer months due to the unconscious consumption of underground waters in the Konya basin. The rare nature that migratory birds take over on Turkey is one of us.

kayserili_ila_77 — 2017-05-04 18:43:43 UTC

The bird's eye view of the lake is seen as a black dot surrounded by blue waters. This image caused the lake to be described as the "Nazar Boncuğu of the World". However, as the underground waters of the Konya Plain have been drained, the lake has lost its former appearance because there is not much water around it. Hemen is reflected in the basin where the lake is laid every year. In the summer months when the lake waters are decreasing, it gets a red color due to microorganisms