Lake Rândunica ( ro, Lacul Rândunica, also called Lacul Sf. Ioan) is a natural

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in the town of

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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.

Name

''Lacul Rândunica'' means ''the

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lake''.

History

The origin of this lake is the abandonment of the "Nepomuceni Johann Grube" salt mine. The salt mine was exploited between 1722-1877 using the bell system with two wells up to the depth of .

Information

*Surface: *Maximum Depth: *Salinity: 120 g/l

Lakes of the salt mine

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

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* Mâţelor *

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

References

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