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Lake
Abant is
a
freshwater lake in Turkey's Bolu
Province in
northwest Anatolia,
formed
as
a
result
of
a
great landslide.
The
lake
lies
at
an
altitude
of
1,328 m
at
a
distance
of
32 km
from
the provincial seat
of Bolu.
It
is
a
vacation
and
excursion
spot
for
both
Turkish
and
foreign
travellers
due
to
the
natural
environment,
forests,
and
accessibility
by
car.
It
is
served
by
a
21 km
road.
It
is
three
hours'
drive
from İstanbul
and
Ankara.
Lake
Abant
is
a natural
park.
The
lake
covers
an
area
of
1.28 km2
and
its
deepest
spot
is
18 m.
The
lake
area
has
two
large
hotels
in
the
immediate
vicinity
of
the
shores,
as
well
as
other
amenities
and
services
for
visitors,
who
sometimes
alternatively
opt
for
the
family guesthouses available
in
the
nearby
town
of Mudurnu,
18 km
to
the
south.
European
black
pine, Scots
pine, oaks, ashes, hornbeams, willows, junipers, tamarisks, hazels, common
medlar,
and strawberry
trees are
among
the
tree
species
that
make
up
the
lake's
woodlands,
and
there
are wild
boars, fallow
deer, roe
deer
, red
deer, brown
bears, wolves, red
foxes, jackals,
and rabbits in
the
surrounding
forests,
which
makes
the
lake
a
prized
location
for
hunters
during
the
season.
The
lake
is
inhabited
by
the Abant
trout Salmo
abanticus,
a
(sub)species
of trout which
is
strictly
endemic
to
this
lake
only.
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