Gediz Basin

Murat Mountain

City: Uşak, Kütahya

Provinces: Banaz, Gediz, Altıntaş, Dumlupınar

Surface Area : 52500

Altitude : 1000 - 2312 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: This is an important site for breeding raptors.lammergeıer Sakallı akbaba (1 pair), black vulture -kara akbaba (2 pairs) and golden eagle kaya kartalı (2 pairs) reproduce. Cınereous Vulture.

Main Characteristics: forest, mountain

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Demirköprü Dam

City: Manisa

Provinces: Demirci, Körübaşı, Salihli

Surface Area : 5060

Altitude: 244 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Sakallı akbaba (1 pair), kara akbaba (2 pairs) and kaya kartalı (2 pairs) reproduce.

Main Characteristics: Dam lake

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Marmara Lake

City: Manisa

Provinces: Salihli, Gölmarmara

Surface Area : 6800

Altitude: 79 m

Protection: N/A

Bird Species: Breeding pairs of Little Bittern - Küçük balaban (30 pairs), squacco heron alaca balıkçıl (200 pairs), Ferruginous duck pasbaş patka (15 pairs), spur-winged plover mahmuzlu kızkuşu (10 pairs) and whiskered tern bıyıklı sumru (100 pairs) . During winter, pygmy cormorant küçük karabatak (max.100), Dalmatian Pelican tepeli pelikan (max. 73), great white egret büyük ak balıkçıl (max. 428), ruddy shelduck - angıt (max. 860), ruddy duck dikkuyruk (max. 120) and avocet - kılıçgaga (max. 1402) among numerous water birds present (maks 45.278).

Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp

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Gediz Delta

City: İzmir

Provinces: Karşıyaka, Menemen, Foça

Surface Area : 20400

Altitude: Sea level

Protection: partially

Bird Species: Populations of Dalmatian Pelican Tepeli pelikan (35 pairs), flamingo (1450 pairs), lesser kestrel - küçük kerkenez (25 pairs), avocet -kılıçgaga (55 pairs), stone curlew - kocagöz (30 pairs), collared pratincole -bataklık kırlangıcı (35 pairs), Kentish plover - akça cılıbıt (1000 pairs), spur-winged plover mahmuzlu kızkuşu (50 pairs), Mediterranean gull Akdeniz martısı (900 pairs), little tern küçük sumru (205 pairs) and caspian tern Hazar sumrusu (100 pairs).

Huge number of water birds shelter here in winter,including pygmy cormorant küçük karabatak (max. 1000) and Dalmatian Pelican tepeli pelikan (max. 450).

Main Characteristics: coastal lagoons, salt pans

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