Lake Haçlı (also known as Lake Bulanık) is a fresh-water lake in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The lake is to the south of

Bulanık Bulanık, formerly Gop or Kop ( hy, Կոփ, ku, Kop), is a town and district in Muş Province, in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. History In the 19th century Bulanık was the name of the kaza. Its capital, today's Bulanık town, was cal ...

ilçe (district) of

Muş Province Muş Province ( tr, Muş ili, Armenian: Մուշի մարզ, ku, Parêzgeha Mûşê) is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8,196 km2 in area and has a population of 406,886 according to a 2010 estimate, down from 453,654 in 2000. The provin ...

at about . Its distance to Bulanık is . It is situated on a high plateau of Wetland of Turkey page
/ref> Its area is about and its maximum depth is . The area and the depth don't fluctuate between summer and winter. The lake is fed by Şeyhkorum Creek and some smaller creeks.Turkey culture portal
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Fauna

Gadwall The gadwall (''Mareca strepera'') is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. Taxonomy The gadwall was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. DNA studies have shown that ...

ruddy shelduck The ruddy shelduck (''Tadorna ferruginea''), known in India as the Brahminy duck, is a member of the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, in length with a wingspan of . It has orange-brown body plumage with a paler head, while the ...

demoiselle crane The demoiselle crane (''Grus virgo'') is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Bir ...

are among the bird population of the lake. Animal husbandry is one of the major economic activities around the lake. Fishing is only of minor importance.

References

{{Lakes of Turkey Hacli Landforms of Muş Province Bulancak District Important Bird Areas of Turkey