Lake Saka Nature Reserve

Lake Saka Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Lake Saka Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Lake Saka Nature Reserve
LocationSivriler, Demirköy, Kırklareli, Turkey
Nearest cityİğneada
Coordinates41°47′55″N 27°59′25″E / 41.79861°N 27.99028°E / 41.79861; 27.99028
Area1,345 ha (3,320 acres)
Directional road sign for Lake Saka at the entrance of İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park near İğneada.

The Lake Saka Nature Reserve (Turkish: Saka Gölü Tabiatı Koruma Alanı) is a nature reserve at Sivriler village of Demirköy district in Kırklareli Province of Turkey close to İğneada on the Black Sea coast. It gets its name from the Lake Saka (Turkish: Saka Gölü), which is in the boundaries of the İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park. It is 26 km (16 mi) from Demirköy, and 19 km (12 mi) from İğneada.[1]

It covers an area of 1,345 ha (3,320 acres). The sits is on a floodplain of a river that flows into the Black Sea, and seasonally floods thus rendering it a unique and one of the very few remaining floodplain forests in all of Europe.[2]

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