Data Zone
Country/territory: Turkey
IBA Criteria met: A4i, B1i, B2, B3 (2004)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 10,510 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2016 | high | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A highly saline lake located west of Tuz lake (site 072) and surrounded by arid hills and dry steppe-grasslands. The lake is fed by surface flow with additional inputs from sulphurous springs in the north and a channel that brings drainage water from Konya city. Economic activities include salt extraction.
Key biodiversity
The site is important for a range of breeding waterbirds.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bolluk Lake. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 25/06/2021.
