Lake Sapanca

Lake Sapanca
Lake Sapanca
Location	Sapanca
Coordinates	40°43′N 30°15′E / 40.717°N 30.250°E / 40.717; 30.250Coordinates: 40°43′N 30°15′E / 40.717°N 30.250°E / 40.717; 30.250
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)

Lake Sapanca (Turkish: Sapanca Gölü) is a fresh water lake in Turkey, between the Gulf of İzmit and the . 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 has become a destination for day trips and weekend vacations.^{[citation needed]}

List of fish in the Lake Sapanca[]

Anguillidae

• European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Liiaeus, 1758)

Atherinidae

• Big-scale sand smelt, Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810)

Clupeidae

• Black Sea shad, Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)
• Clupeonella abrau muhlisi (Neu, 1934)

Cobitidae

• Cobitis vardarensis (Karaman, 1928)
• Angora loach, Nemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897)

Cyprinidae

• 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)

Esocidae

• Northern pike, Esox lucius (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

• Pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Percidae

• European perch, Perca fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Petromyzontidae

• European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Salmonidae

• Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
• Black Sea salmon, Salmo trutta labrax (Pallas, 1811)
• Salmo cettii, Salmo trutta macrostigma (Dumeril, 1858)

Siluridae

• Wels catfish, Silurus glanis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Syngnathidae

• Black-striped pipefish, Syngnathus abaster (Risso, 1827)
• Narrow-snouted pipefish, Syngnathus tenuirostris (Rathke, 1837)

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