Lake Hazar

Lake Hazar
Mount Hazar Baba rises above Lake Hazar, Elazig, Turkey
Location	Taurus Mountains
Coordinates	38°29′N 39°25′E / 38.483°N 39.417°E / 38.483; 39.417Coordinates: 38°29′N 39°25′E / 38.483°N 39.417°E / 38.483; 39.417
Lake type	Rift Lake
Primary outflows	Tigris
Basin countries	Turkey

Max. length	22 km (14 mi)
Max. width	6 km (3.7 mi)

Lake Hazar (Turkish: Hazar Gölü), is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazig, notable as the source of the Tigris.

Lakes of Turkey

Natural lakes	Abant Acıgöl Akşehir Akyatan Bafa Balık Beyşehir Burdur Büyükçekmece Çıldır Eber Eğirdir Erçek Eymir Hazar Işıklı İznik Köyceğiz Küçükçekmece Manyas (Kuş) Kuyucuk Marmara Mogan Nar Nazik Nemrut Paradeniz Salda Sapanca Tuz Ulubat Uzungöl Van Yay Yedigöller

Artificial lakes	Altınkaya Atatürk Hirfanlı Karakaya Keban Sarıyar Seyhan

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