Limassol Salt Lake
Template:Short description Template:Infobox lake Limassol Salt Lake (Template:Langx; also known as Akrotiri Salt Lake, Template:Langx) is the largest inland body of water on the island of Cyprus.[1] It is located in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, administered as a Sovereign Base Area; specifically in the Western Sovereign Base Area.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
It lies due south-west of the sprawling city of Limassol and measures Script error: No such module "convert"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst". According to a BirdLife (Cyprus) booklet, its lowest point is Script error: No such module "convert". below sea level, and at its deepest point the water depth measures about one meter.[2] A study mentions that the maximum depth of the salt lake reaches 2.8 m below mean sea level in the winter.[3]Template:Clarification needed A BirdLife International entry for an area including the lake gives the minimum elevation of that area as 0 m.[4] Geologists hypothesize the lake was formed over the gradual joining of an offshore islet off the southern coast of Cyprus. [5]
The lake dries out in the summer.[4]
Ecology
The lake itself is considered to be one of the eastern Mediterranean region’s most important wetlands.[1] The shallowness of the lake (more than half of the lake is less than Script error: No such module "convert". deep) attracts thousands of wading birds to use it as a stopover during the migration seasons between Africa and Europe.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". BirdLife International estimates that between 2,000 and 20,000 greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) spend the winter months on the lake.[4]
British antennas
In 2003 the British Ministry of Defence caused some controversy by constructing two gigantic antennas as part of its radio listening post network in the Middle East.[6]
Local and European environmentalists are concerned that the proximity of the listening posts to this ecosystem could have a significant impact on the wildlife.[7][8][9]
Gallery
References
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- ↑ Σημαντικές Περιοχές για τα Πουλιά της Κύπρου (Important areas for the Birds of Cyprus), by Ζώτος Σάββας. Birdlife (Cyprus) booklet publication
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- ↑ School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University [1]
- ↑ Britain got ‘one-time-only’ deal on antennae (Cyprus Mail archive article - Friday, December 3, 2004) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ EFGP 3rd Congress, Berlin, Germany, 17–19 May 2002 Adopted resolution Cyprus: British military antennas. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Birdlife Cyprus Newsletter [2] Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Ramsar mission report, Akrotiri Wetland Complex, Cyprus, 17–21 June 2002 Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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