Turkish Lakes Region

Turkish Lakes Region

The Turkish Lake District or Turkish Lakeland is an area with a series of shallow tectonic lakes within the folds of the Taurus Mountains in Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey [ Dominic Whiting (2001) "Turkey Handbook", ISBN 1900949857, [http://books.google.com/books?id=1Cz4zG73sHgC&pg=PA439&lpg=PA439&dq=%22turkish+lake+district%22&source=web&ots=PcSKyJCpFu&sig=_yl9Q87OgqcthyeczLwGNuYrYPU&hl=en p. 439] ]

The major lakes are Lake Beyşehir, Lake Eğirdir, and Lake Burdur, the smaller ones are Lake Salda, Lake Acı, Lake Akşehir, and Lake Çavuşçu.

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