Lacul Negru (meaning ''the black lake'') is a natural

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in the town of

Ocna Sibiului Ocna Sibiului (; ) is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km to the north-west of the county capital Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea (''Tschapertsch''; ''Toporcsa''). A ...

Sibiu County Sibiu County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat ( ro, reședință de județ) is the namesake town of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben ...

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. It is one of the many lakes of the

Ocna Sibiului mine The Ocna Sibiului mine is a large salt mine located in central Romania, in Sibiu County, close to Ocna Sibiului. The mine represents one of the largest salt reserves in Romania, having estimated reserves of 61 billion tonnes of NaCl. Lakes of th ...

, a large salt mine which has one of the largest salt reserves in Romania. It has one of the smallest depths of all the lakes, with its maximum depth only reaching about .

Name

The lake's name is The Black Lake, because the lake has mud at its bottom, making its water black. The salt mine only has two lakes with mud: Lacul Negru and

Lacul cu Nămol Lacul cu Nămol, also called (Lacul) Balta cu Nămol, is a natural salt lake in the town of Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is one of the many lakes of the Ocna Sibiului mine, a large salt mine which has one of the largest s ...

(meaning ''the lake with mud'').

History

Lacul Negru originates from three small salt lakes.

Information

*Surface: *Maximum depth: ~1 m *Salinity: 280 g/l

Lakes of the salt mine

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* Balta cu Nămol * Brâncoveanu * Cloşca * Crişan * Lacul Fără Fund * Gura Minei *

Horea Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731 in Arada, Principality of Transylvania (now Horea, Romania) – 28 February 1785 in Karlsburg (now Alba Iulia, Romania), commonly known as Horea (in Hungarian sometimes ''Hóra'') was a Transylvanian peasant who, with ...

* Mâţelor * Negru * Pânzelor * Rândunica * Verde (Freshwater lake) * Vrăjitoarelor (Freshwater lake)

References

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