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Lake Van viewed from the Space Shuttle Challenger during flight STS-41-G. Southwest is at top. Prior to 2018, the only fish known to live in the brackish water of Lake Van was Alburnus tarichi or Pearl Mullet (Turkish: inci kefali), a Cyprinid fish related to chub and dace, which is caught during the spring floods. [19]
Lake Van: salt lake: Turkey [34] 1.40 Qinghai Lake: salt lake China [35] 1.25: Caspian Sea: salt lake: Eastern Europe/ Western Asia [36] 1.14: Sarygamysh Lake: salt lake: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan [37] 1.00–1.20: Sea of Azov: mediterranean sea: Ukraine, Russia [38] [39] 0.8–1.0: Baltic Sea: marginal sea: Northern Europe [40] [n 2] 0.59 ...
The full reservoir level is 542 m (1,778 ft), and the minimum operation level is 526 m (1,726 ft) amsl. [2] [3] Some 10 towns and 156 villages of three provinces are located around the Atatürk Reservoir. The reservoir has changed the climate and vegetation of the region. [4] The lake provides a fisheries and recreation site.
Map of Lake Chilka, India's largest lake, classified as a brackish water body This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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By volume it is the world's fourth-largest salt lake [3] after the Caspian Sea, Issyk-Kul, and Lake Van (passing the shrinking South Aral Sea), and among all lakes it ranks 24th. Lake Turkana is now threatened by the construction of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia due to the damming of the Omo river which supplies most of the lake's water. [4]
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The toxic levels of salt ions can directly result in physiological changes in species which can cause harmful effects to not only the individual, but also the species population. [19] The various effects on these organisms can then indirectly affect the overall freshwater ecosystem by modifying the aquatic community structure and function. [ 19 ]