Kızılırmak Delta

The Kızılırmak Delta is the delta of the Kızılırmak River. It is the biggest wetland in the Black Sea Region [1] and is listed under the Ramsar Convention.[2] as internationally important. [3] All of the first and second delta plains and most of the third delta plain is dominated by agriculture.[4] It is important for biodiversity of plants and birds.[5]

Lakes

In 2010 Liman Lake was found to be eutrophic possibly due to agricultural pollution via drainage channels. [6]

Biology

Birds

White stork breed here. [7]

Fish

Small numbers of sturgeon have been observed in the estuary and may still attempt to migrate upstream. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "38 Black Sea wetlands to visit".
  2. ↑ "Ramsar Sites Information Service".
  3. ↑ "Ramsar Sites of Turkey".
  4. ↑ "ECOSYSTEMS IN THE MIND: FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS OF THE KIZILIRMAK DELTA WETLANDS IN TURKEY". Erciyes University.
  5. ↑ "Doğa".
  6. ↑ "Limnological Assesment on the Brakish Shallow Liman Lake from Kizilirmak Delta (Turkey)".
  7. ↑ "Nesting habits and breeding success of the White Stork, Ciconia ciconia, in the Kızılırmak delta, Turkey". doi:10.1080/09397140.2012.10648959.
  8. ↑ "Biological Data Derived from Sturgeon ( Acipenser stellatus , Acipenser gueldenstaedtii and Huso huso ) by-catch along the Coasts of the Southern Black Sea (Turkey)".

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