Masazirgol (), or Lake Masazir, is a salty lake in
Masazir
Masazir (also, Masazyr) is a settlement and municipality in the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 18,967https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/en/001_19en.xls and lies on the Lake Masazir.
History
In 1913, Masazi ...
,
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
, located on the
Absheron Peninsula
The Absheron Peninsula () is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the most populous city of the country, and the Baku Metropolitan Area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrdalan. It extends eastward into the Caspian S ...
on the west coast of the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...
.
The overall area of the lake is 10 km
2.
Large volumes of
chloride
The term chloride refers to a compound or molecule that contains either a chlorine anion (), which is a negatively charged chlorine atom, or a non-charged chlorine atom covalently bonded to the rest of the molecule by a single bond (). The pr ...
and
sulphate
The sulfate or sulphate ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula . Salts, acid derivatives, and peroxides of sulfate are widely used in industry. Sulfates occur widely in everyday life. Sulfates are salts of sulfuric acid and many ...
are concentrated in
ion
An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by convent ...
composition of the water.
Ministry of Ecology of Azerbaijan
A new salt making plant was built here in 2010 for production of 2 Azeri brands of salt. The estimated amount of recoverable salt is 1,735 million tons. It is available in liquid (water) and clay forms.
Salt production
Salt extraction from the lake started in 1813. The salt is obtained either from the surface as a salt layer or from water as a solution. In 2010, a new salt-making plant was constructed for production of two Azerbaijani brands of salt. The collected salt is sent off to be refined. The estimated amount of recoverable salt i
1,735 million
tons
Masazir Salt Refinery
is built near the lake.
See also
*Refinery
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
Types of refineries
Different types of refineries ...
*Masazir
Masazir (also, Masazyr) is a settlement and municipality in the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 18,967https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/en/001_19en.xls and lies on the Lake Masazir.
History
In 1913, Masazi ...
*Salt Lakes
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter). I ...
References
External links
Masazirgol satellite image from Wikimapia
Lakes of Azerbaijan
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