Akyatan Lagoon

According to Ramsar Wetland Sites

The Akyatan Lagoon. 15/04/98; Adana; 14,700 ha; 36º37′N 035º16′E. Cultural and Natural Asset; Wildlife Protection Area. A coastal lagoon surrounded by brackish marshes, sandy shores, freshwater pools, wet meadows, and dunes. Among the dunes are pits extending below sea level that fill with freshwater in the rainy season. The site provides habitat for several globally threatened species, including breeding marine turtles, and regularly supports internationally important numbers of numerous species of migrating, wintering and breeding waterbirds.

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