Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2016 | high | very unfavourable | low |
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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 (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bolluk Lake. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.