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Lake Mogan
Lake Mogan ( tr, Mogan Gölü, also called ''Gölbaşı Gölü'') is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. Geography The lake is south of the Ankara city center within the intracity district of Gölbaşı at about . The eastern shore lies along the highway which traverses Turkey from north to south. The altitude of the water surface with respect to sea level is about and the surface area of the lake is about . It has a circumferential length of 14 kilometers with a length of 11 km. and an average width of 500 meters. The average depth of the lake (in wet season) is about 5 meters. Geology The lake is an alluvial set lake. The tributaries are rivulets with irregular flowrates. During the rainy seasons, the level increases beyond a certain level and the water is fed to the nearby Lake Eymir Lake Eymir is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. According to notes of ''Seyyah Kandemir'' published by the governorate of Ankara in 1932, the lake was named after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gölbaşı, Ankara
Gölbaşı is a town and district of the Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, south of the city of Ankara. According to a 2010 census, the population of the district is 95,109, 93,852 of whom live in the town of Gölbaşı. The district covers an area of , and the average elevation is . The district includes the Mogan and Eymir lakes. Although the lakes are polluted and infested with mosquitoes, the picnic areas and lakeside restaurants of Gölbaşı serve as a popular retreat from the city for the people of Ankara. A number of government departments have accommodations here, and the town is slowly but surely joining up with the city as the green space between the two disappears. Türk Telekom have their satellite ground control in the area. History Archaeological research in the area has revealed occupation since 3000 BC by a succession of civilısations including Early Bronze Age, Hittites, Phrygians, Romans, and Byzantines. Excavated sites include Sela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara Province
Ankara Province ( tr, , ) is a province of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Demographics History The site of the modern city has been home to settlements by many historic Anatolian civilizations in antiquity and classical times, including Phrygians, Lydians, Persians and Alexander the Great, Romans, and Galatians. The city of Ankara became a fortified stronghold of the Byzantines; it fell to the Seljuk Turks and later the Ottoman Empire. It was finally chosen by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Turkish National Movement as the site of the provisional government and the Turkish parliament in 1920, and in 1923 as the capital city of the newly established Republic of Turkey. Districts Ankara has 25 districts. Geography Ankara is mostly in the Central Anatolia region, and partly in the Black Sea region. Ankara has mountain forests to its north, and the dry plain of Konya to its south. The province is irrigated by the Kızılırmak and Sakarya River systems, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
