Lake Kaz

Lake Kaz
Lake Kaz
	Lake Kaz
Location	Kazgöl, Malazgirt, Muş Province
Coordinates	39.3370°N 42.3234°E
Lake type	Karst lake
Basin countries	Turkey
Surface area	93 km2 (36 sq mi)[1]
Surface elevation	1.700 m (5 ft 6.9 in)

Lake Kaz (Turkish: Kaz Gölü); is a lake in the Malazgirt district of Muş province. It has little depth and is one of the important wetlands for birds.[2]

Geology and geography

The water of the lake is salty and bitter. The dish of Kaz lake is a valley formed connected to the Kocasu fault. [3]

References

"Göller ve sulak alanlar eylem planı" (PDF) (in Turkish). Orman ve Su işleri Bakanlığı. 2017. p. 69.
"Göller". Muş İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
"Bulanık-Malazgirt havzasının hidrografik özellikleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Bingöl University. October 6, 2017. p. 35.

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[Orman_ve_Su_işleri_Bakanlığı-1] "Göller ve sulak alanlar eylem planı" (PDF) (in Turkish). Orman ve Su işleri Bakanlığı. 2017. p. 69.

[2] "Göller". Muş İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-27.

[Kemal_Kıranşan,_M._Taner_Şengün-3] "Bulanık-Malazgirt havzasının hidrografik özellikleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Bingöl University. October 6, 2017. p. 35.