Lake Küçükçekmece

Coordinates: 41°00′23″N 28°44′42″E / 41.00639°N 28.74500°E / 41.00639; 28.74500
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Lake Küçükçekmece
Küçükçekmece Gölü
Primary inflows
Nakkaş, Sazlıdere and Eşkinoz
Primary outflowsMarmara
Catchment area622 km2 (240 sq mi)
Basin countriesTurkey
Max. length10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width6 km (3.7 mi)
Surface area16 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Max. depth22 m (72 ft)
Surface elevation0 m (0 ft)
IslandsNo
SettlementsKüçükçekmece, Avcılar, Esenyurt
A view of the lake in winter.

Lake Küçükçekmece (

Istanbul Province, northwestern Turkey. The lake is neighbored in the south by state road D.100 and in the north by the O-3 motorway (European route E80
).

The proposed controversial Istanbul Canal is intended to pass through the lake, though the so-called construction of the canal has been in-halt ever since its construction started by ceremony back in 2021.[1][2][3][4]

Location and characteristics

Situated 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Istanbul's city center, the lake was formed in shallow water when a sandbank caused its separation from the Sea of Marmara. A narrow channel in the east interrupts this sandbank, and serves as an outlet emptying excessive water in the lake into the Sea of Marmara. However, in situations where the sea is rough or the lake's water level gets too low due to drought, sea water may penetrate into the lake, causing the lake water to become brackish. The lake is fed from the north by the Nakkaş, Sazlıdere and Eşkinoz streams. The lake has a length of 10 km (6.2 mi) north-south by a maximum width of 6 km (3.7 mi). The lake's surface area is 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi), and its maximum depth is 20 m (66 ft).[5][6]

The lake is significantly polluted due to rapid urbanization, migration and industrialization activities over the last decade in the area around it. Its water is currently not compliant with safe drinking water standards.[6]

Fauna observed in the lake basin consist of pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), and A4iii group waterbirds.[7]

One of the lake shore-parks in winter.

Archaeological sites

Within the lake basin, the ancient settlement of Bathonea was unearthed, which is estimated to be approximately 1,600 years old.[8] Such archaeological finds extracted from and around the lake shed light on Istanbul's historical chronology.[9]

The finds include

port city
.

From observations of aerial views, evidence of previous roads arranged in a grid plan was detected.[8] According to the results of excavations and examinations carried out between 2007 and 2009, Bathonea was destroyed by a large-scale earthquake, after which it was abandoned.[12][13]

An

brain surgery was made there.[11][14]

Sports

The Uniçek Water Sports festival

Since 2012, the municipality of

jet-skiing and paramotoring were held as well.[15]

Since 1999, Galatasaray's rowing division is based in Kanarya neighborhood at Lake Küçükçekmece with its 120 racing boats.[16][17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ bcomert. "Kanal İstanbul iddiası: Bürokratlar imza atmıyor, süreç kilitlendi - Son dakika haberleri – Sözcü". Sözcü Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. ^ Yorulmaz, Atakan. "Kanal İstanbul manzaralı dev arazinin imar planları iptal - Son dakika haberleri – Sözcü". Sözcü Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. ^ "İmamoğlu 'illüzyon'u yerinde anlattı: Temeli atılan Kanal İstanbul değil - Diken". www.diken.com.tr. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. ^ "Kanal İstanbul bölgesinde inşaat çalışmalarına başlanmasının önü açılıyor: Hukuku takan yok!". birgun.net. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. doi:10.3906/zoo-1001-16. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  6. ^
    S2CID 53308611
    . Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  7. ^ "TR004 Küçükçekmece Basin". BirdLife. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  8. ^
    Sunday's Zaman. 2009-08-19. Archived from the original
    on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  9. ^ "Bathonea excavations shed light on Istanbul's history". Hürriyet Daily News. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  10. ^ a b "Batık kentin su kanalları bulundu". Radikal (in Turkish). 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  11. ^ a b "Thousands-year-old bones come to surface in Istanbul". Hürriyet Daily News. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  12. ^ Bilgili, Sinan (2012-08-27). "Küçükçekmece'de Büyük Kanıt Bulundu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  13. ^ "İstanbul tarihi için yeni bir sayfa". Radikal (in Turkish). 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  14. ^ "Küçükçekmece'deki bin yıllık ameliyat". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  15. ^ "Küçükçekmece Gölü'nde Su Festivali". Sabah (in Turkish). 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  16. ^ "Galatasaray Kürek Tesisleri" (in Turkish). İstanbul Spor Envanteri. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  17. ^ "Galatasaray'ın kürek tesisleri için yıkım kararı". Radikal (in Turkish). 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  18. ^ "G.Saray Kürek Kamp Merkezi törenle açıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2015-07-08.

External links

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