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SEYHAN AND CEYHAN BASINS
Aladaglar
City: Adana, Nigde, Kayseri
Provinces: Aladag Çamardi, Yahyali
Surface Area : 54514
Altitude : 1250 - 3756 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with sakalli akbaba(5 pairs), kyzillakbaba(10pairs), kaya kartali(4 pairs) and urkeklik populations.
Main Characteristics: mountain, forest
Tuzla Lake
City: Adana
Provinces: Karatas
Surface Area : 2800
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with yaz ördegi(30 pairs), turaç (5 pairs), kocagöz (20 pairs), akça cilibit (1000 pairs), mahmuzlu kizkusu (50 pairs) and küçük sumru (200 pairs) populations.
Main Characteristics: light salty lake, dunes
Akyatan Lake
City: Adana
Provinces: Karatas
Surface Area : 14.000
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with yaz ördegi (5 pairs), turaç (75 pairs), sazhorozu, kocagöz, akça cilibit, mahmuzlu kizkusu and küçük sumru (100 pairs) populations. Most important ones are flamingo (max. 9579), suna (max. 854), fiyu (max. 13.900), elmabas patka (max. 16.801), dikkuyruk (max. 978) and sakarmeke (maks 46.000), and huge numbers of water birds (max. 85.054) are wintering within the lake.
Main Characteristics: lagoon, dunes
Agyatan Lake
City: Adana
Provinces: Karatas
Surface Area : 2200
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It is very important for huge numbers of wintering water birds, including sakarmeke, fiyu and dikkuyruk (max. 191). Also, it gains important bird areas status with turaç, akça cilibit, mahmuzlu kizkusu and küçük sumru populations.
Main Characteristics: lagoon, dunes
Yumurtalik Lagoons
City: Adana
Provinces: Yumurtalik
Surface Area : 16,43
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with turaç (5 pairs), akça cilibit and küçük sumru populations.
Main Characteristics: lagoons, salty swamps
Gavur Lake
City: Kahramanmaras
Provinces: Türkoglu
Surface Area : 1500
Altitude: 490 m
Protection: N/A
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status due to küçük karabatak (max. 121).
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp
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