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Icmeler & Spas

The city is rich in underground water sources has the resources. There are hot springs with mineral water in a large part of the province.

Mineral waters Akbas Village (Ercis)

Ercis town of Van province, located in the village Akbas Akbas spa temperature 19 degrees. This mineral water is also utilized in the bath through.

Down Şerefhane Mineral Water (Muradiye)

Muradiye district of Van province located between the water temperature is 10 C Muradiye with Caldiran and 00:05 flow rate liters / sec. dir. This mineral water, digestion, kidney and intestinal diseases are good.

Bolbülük Mineral Water (Ozalp)

Ozalp district of Van Province, this mineral water temperature is 12.5 degrees. Bubbling up out of 8.5 liters per second. This water in the digestive, intestinal and kidney disease is good.

Hozi Mineral Water (Baskale)

Hozi Mineral Water temperature in the district of Van province Baskale 13.5 degrees, the flow rate of 0:09 l / sec. dir. This mineral water in the digestive, intestinal and kidney disease is good.

Kanlıbudak Mineral Water (Baskale)

Baskale district of Van Province, this mineral water temperature is 14 degrees per second, 0.5 lt. bubbling.

Zereni Spa (Baskale)

In the district of Van province Baskale ° C. This thermal spring water 55 degrees. Boiled 1 liter per second.

Hasanabdaz Spa (Ercis)

The temperature of the water of the spa town of Ercis Van Deliçay'da 68 degrees. 2 liters of hot spring water bubbling up in seconds.

Village Yoldüştü Mineral Water (Gurpinar)

Gurpinar town of Van province located in the village of this mine Yoldüştü water temperature is 10 degrees. 0.7 liters per second is boiled.

Dervis Spa (Muradiye)

This spa, located in the town of Muradiye Van Çaldıran'da 36 degrees water temperature. 0.05 liters of hot spring water bubbling up in seconds. Used in the treatment of various diseases.

Dergezin Spa (Muradiye)

This spa, located in Van province Çaldıran'da Muradiye district is 36 degrees water temperature, flow rate 5 l / sec. dir.

Excursion Places

Amik Lake Picnic Area

Van-Ercis highway, located on the shores of Lake Amik and the lakes on the edge of the promenade, beaches, famous for its fruit orchards. During the summer a picnic place in the province.

Catak Picnic Place

Catak in the district of Van province in a valley and is located in the promenade, the junction of two of the tea. Is surrounded by forests, has been renowned for trout in Lake Catak. At the same time around the mountain goats, foxes, rabbits and hunting animals like partridge.

Erek Valley Picnic Area

Van Erek Valley on the slopes of this promenade, which has a rich nature. Here is a day coming from the center of the province. Environment is important in terms of hunting tourism.

Picnic Place Horhor Bulağı

City center, in the northwest of the fortress of Van, with the promenade, the famous spring waters.

Edremit Picnic Place

Edremit district of the province of Van, Van, 20 km. away from the promenade, known for its natural beaches and vegetation.

Ganiyisippi Falls

Van, 60 km from the city center. away from the Van-Catak on the highway, 5 km from the town of Catak. is used as a recreation area around the waterfall in the distance. There are trout plants around the waterfall. Waterfall rocks, 100 m. drops. In very dense water flows from the waterfall at the end of April, also on the decline towards the end of summer.

Muradiye Waterfalls

10 km from the town of Van province Muradiye. This waterfall is located on the Bend-i Mahi river through a deep valley, 10-20 m poured from top to bottom. Environment is used as a recreation area. The suspension bridge with the famous.

Van Fairy Chimneys (Vanadokya) (Baskale)

Baskale town of Van province located in the village Yavuzlar and fairy chimneys of Cappadocia region, where the fairy chimneys are similar in terms of the formation is referred to as the Vanadokya.

The volcanic formations that have occurred as a result of erosion of rocks püskürttüğü Yigit Mountain. Today, which has been left to its own devices, and taken under protection of these facilities would be appropriate to be declared a natural park.

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There is also the story of an island located in Lake Akdamar. Tamara's head monk of the period, it had a beautiful daughter. This girl was in love with a young man living in Gevaş'ta. This is a swim in the lake to reach young Tamara'ya every night, with light onshore in the hands of the Tamara waited for him. But who knows about this secret buluşmalardan head monk, in the hands of a stormy night, the candle down to the shore. Constantly changing location of the light caused by the loss of the power of young people. Young "Oh, Tamara, Tamara, ah," he drowned in the waters of Lake Van. Tamara Ah, Ah Tamara Akhtamar or Akdamar was changed to words over time.

Is a monster in Lake Van in 1997, was put forth some claims, the society's attention is drawn to this direction. This monster 8 to 10 m. neck, making noise, do not harm people, brown-black is a creature of the rumor, the mystery remained for many years. Van by the people, "Canavan", "Cano" made this cute names like the monster in the world-renowned University of Cambridge biologist Jacques Cousteau underwater in the lake have come to Van to make a survey, then the lake has become more important in terms of tourism. At the end of this event, Van's is a developing region and local people in order to boost tourism başvurduğuna connected to such a story.

Lake Ercek

The province's second largest lake after Lake Van Lake Van Lake, east of the Ercek, IV. Well formed, the huge lava occurred in clusters. Lake Van is a threshold that separated the lake basin is in a depression. Plain, northeast of Zengi Sheikh, south of the mountain is surrounded by Windlass. The height is 1,803 m above sea level.

Soda and salty waters of this lake.

The two other major lakes in the province of Van near the Iranian border, west of Goose Lake and its Ask a Lake, Lake, and Hassan Timuran Lake is located north of the Engiz. In addition to these Akgöl, Sultan (Suphan) Lake, north of the province at the foot of Mount Hıdırmenteş Poplar Lake, Yellow Lake are at the foot of Mount Tendürek. In addition, Kuh, Kozan and Erek created by the closure of the mouth of the valley in the valley between the mountains, an artificial lake is Lake of the monk. The monk at the foot of Mountain Lake, north of the Anchor Lake İmaris other small lakes in the territory of the province with the Çengi Lake.

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The lava from Mount Nemrut geological periods caused the lake to create sets on the Akdamar Island, Carpanak Island, there are islands such as Isle of Lim. Salt water 1000 / 210 soda. For this reason, all kinds of material is used in laundry cleaning the waters of the lake. In addition, salinity of the lake is 0.19%. According to research, the lake water is known to be good for skin and skin diseases. The most important feature of the lake appears on different colors at different times in different seasons. Freight wagons on both sides of the lake ferries running between Van and Tatvan. In addition, the boats from the island of Akdamar Gevas working pier.

Van sazlığında summer brooding duck, lake, west of the peninsula reproducing toy, brooding on the islands of Lake Van, Lake Van with gull-specific species of fish and plankton that fed chub pearl (Chalcalburnus tarichi), the main natural features of Lake Van. Chub pearl caught about 15,000 tonnes in May and June and the economic value in terms of taste is an important source of food. Chub pearl of the lake waters other than the fact that soda does not allow the fish to live here.

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Lakes

There are many lakes in the van. Chief among these is the Van Lake and Lake Ercek.

Lake Van 

 

Lake Van, Turkey's largest, Europe's fifth largest lake. 3764 sq km area of ​​the lake and passes through the depth of 100 meters in some places. Length of 125 km., Width of 65 km. exceed the standard. Height 1646 m. ​​above sea level. Due to the size of the people by the "Van Sea," he remembered.

History of the prehistoric waves of the lake because of Urartu "Wavy Sea," the name of the yakıştırmışlardır. After the Battle of Manzikert Seljuks settled around the lake. Mesopotamians the lake, "Nayri Sea" gave the name. However, some sources, the Small Sea, Ahlat admit, is also found in names like Deryaço. Ahlat sedges around the lake, Cornering Delta, Karasu delta, there are Bendimahi Delta. At the same time with the migratory birds stay in this region is an area near Lake Nursun.

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Glaucoma

Born in the mountains 130 km north of the town of Karasu Ozalp. long. After descending from high mountains surrounding the small streams feeding a deep valley beyond, into the flatness of Akbulak. Meanwhile, closer to Lake Ercek Plain Timar, then poured into Lake Van.

Tea Memedik 

Ozalp district of the collection of the many rivers on the plateau of the Palace Memedik River flows east to west direction. After passing through the Straits of Memedik Ercek poured into Lake Plain Ercek crosses. This river is 60 km. long.

Zilan Creek

Zilan Aladağ fed creek tributaries flowing from east to north-south direction Hacıdiri Stream waters of the string and passes through a steep valley. After this initial expansion after Ercis Plain poured into Lake Van.

Other rivers in the territory of the province of Van Delicay, İrşat River, Kırkgeçit Creek, Cigli Water Water is the Catak.

 

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Streams

There are many small akarsı in areas outside the Van Basin. However, the river dries in summer.

I-i Mahi Water

Basin of Lake Van, the largest river in the northern province of Bend-i Mahi Aladdin Juice Mountain Tendürek merger occurred between the various arms. Goose Lake and the river from the southwest of Mount Tendürek Sarigöl often changes direction and merges with Caldiran Plain suladıktan Yaglidere and then exceeds Göndürme Strait. Plain water is poured into the north of Van Lake, and after that, Muradiye. This stream length 90 km long. 

 

Hosap Juice (Deniz)

Mountains and Water and İspir Baskale Hosap from Norduz Yaylasından, Koçkıran, born in the mountains of the many streams that fed Gelispiri and Ministry of Environment. Flows through a deep valley to the east and west direction, Hosap Zernek her throat and then enters the plain suladıktan. After passing through this plain Havasor poured into Lake Van. The length of this river 130 km long.