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'''Lake Hammar''' ({{langx|ar|هور الحمّار}}, {{Transliteration|ar|''Hawr al-Ḥammār''}}) is a [[saline lake]] in southeastern part of [[Iraq]] within the [[Hammar Marshes]].<ref>[http://www.edenagain.org/photogal11.html Hammar Marshland information]</ref> It has an area of 600–1,350&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Water level in the lake fluctuates, with maximum depths varying from 1.8 metres (winter) to 3.0 metres (spring). The lake is an important [[wetland]] site for birds.<ref>[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=8059&m=0 BirdLife Factsheet: Haur Al Hammar].</ref> The native inhabitants are [[Marsh Arabs]], some of whom occupy villages on artificial, floating islands.

[[Hammar Lacus]], a feature on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the [[moon]] of [[Saturn]], is named after Hammar Lake.<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/nomenclature/SearchResults;jsessionid=E81AB6F6B9239143FF18965C293DC5CF   Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature] at IAU.</ref>

Lake Hammar is featured in the 2024 videogame [[Indiana Jones and the Great Circle]].

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[[Category:Lakes of Iraq]]
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