Lake Sapanca Explained

Lake Sapanca
Pushpin Map:	Turkey
Location:	Sapanca
Coords:	40.7167°N 45°W
Catchment:	251km2
Basin Countries:	Turkey
Area:	45km2
Max-Depth:	52m (171feet)

Lake Sapanca (Turkish: Sapanca Gölü) (previous Greek name: Boáne (Βοάνη)) is a fresh water lake in Turkey, between the Gulf of İzmit and the Adapazarı Meadow. The lake has a catchment area of 251 km², surface area is 45 km², a length 16 km east–west / 5 km north–south, and a maximum depth of 52 m.^[1] Lake Sapanca, Turkey Sapanca Lake is located on a tectonic hole, which is situated between Izmit Bay and Adapazari Meadow and runs parallel to Iznik Lake.

The catchment area of Lake Sapanca - about 251 km² [km²] - is surrounded by mountains in the south and small hills in the north. Water is taken from the Lake for domestic and industrial needs.

The region around Sapanca is an important destination for day trips and weekend vacations.^[2]

List of fish in the Lake Sapanca

Anguillidae

• European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Liiaeus, 1758)

Atherinidae

• Big-scale sand smelt, Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810)

Clupeidae

• Black Sea shad, Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)
• Clupeonella abrau muhlisi (Neu, 1934)

Cobitidae

• Cobitis vardarensis (Karaman, 1928)
• Angora loach, Nemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897)

Cyprinidae

• Common bream, Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Italian bleak, Alburnus albidus (Costa, 1938)
• Common bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Danube bleak, Alburnus chalcoides (Guldenstad, 1772)
• Spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
• Silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
• Black Sea nase Chondrostoma angorense (Elvira, 1987)
• Common carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asp, Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Black Sea chub, Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859)
• European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782)
• Common roach, Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Common rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• European chub, Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tench, Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vimba bream, Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)

Esocidae

• Northern pike, Esox lucius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gobiidae

• Caucasian dwarf goby, Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916)
• Racer goby, Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler, 1857)
• Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)
• Monkey goby, Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814)
• Syrman goby, Ponticola syrman (Nordmann, 1840)
• Marine tubenose goby, Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814)

Centrarchidae

• Pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Percidae

• European perch, Perca fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Petromyzontidae

• European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Salmonidae

• Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
• Black Sea salmon, Salmo trutta labrax (Pallas, 1811)
• Salmo cettii, Salmo trutta macrostigma (Dumeril, 1858)

Siluridae

• Wels catfish, Silurus glanis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Syngnathidae

• Black-striped pipefish, Syngnathus abaster (Risso, 1827)
• Narrow-snouted pipefish, Syngnathus tenuirostris (Rathke, 1837)

https://web.archive.org/web/20101105212503/http://www.fisheriessciences.com/tur/Journal/vol1/issue3/jfscom2007018.pdf

Notes and References

1. http://www.globalnature.org/docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=19666&sp=E&m1=11089&m2=11093&m3=18849&m4=19666&m5=&domid=1011 GNF - Lake Sapanca
2. Web site: Lake Sapanca – Turkey. Global Nature fund.