Climate change affects not only the oceans, but also also Large inland lakes. Fifth largest natural lake in Turkey in Mediterranean regionLake Iznik is adversely affected by seasonal drought and provides an example of this of how The watershed can and will change. Once prominent structure on dry land covered with water in Subsequent centuries, a ancient The ruins of the basilica rose up again in lake recently. intergovernmental body on Climate change (IPCC) considers the Mediterranean Basin, including Turkey, as one of The areas most affected and most sensitive to influences of Climate change.
Turkey was witnessing a lot challenges in terms of Drought due to climate change in Country. Among those challenges and in In recent years, there has been an increasing drought issue in Konya Plain in Central Turkey. and appearance of Sewers are important problem in The area K result of excessive of Groundwater.
Second, the largest soda lake in The worldLake Van, located in In eastern Van Province, water levels have seen drop by 250-300 meters (820-984 ft). The region’s average annual precipitation decreased, bringing increased evaporation on by rising Temperatures main cause of The drop in water levels. In addition to this causesThe problem Bring on by excessive of Surface and ground water.
After that, Aksehir Lake dried up completely up And looks like the steppe, has become place Where only animals are grazing. caused by climate change in prolonged dry weather negatively affecting water resources and forests. Especially dehydration has an immediate effect effect on the economy environment And the social life. After seeing the consequences in agriculture, they are relentlessly infiltrating other water-dependent industries.
While global sea levels rising Because of the climate crisis and the threat to infrastructure near the coast, higher Temperatures in Other regions have the opposite effect. Water levels drop and also Cause massive problems For example, dehydration. A natural phenomenon when it rains below modified for long time of time. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.
After all this, it has become the fifth largest natural lake in Turkey in Mediterranean region shrink, leading in appearance of sunken church remains on beaches. this is ancient basilica in It was a stock exchange built 1500 years ago on The beach is deep of 1.5-2 meters of lake beside city of Nicaea, which is known today as Iznik. but it was destroyed in earthquake then covered in water as level of the lake changed. The submerged basilica is among the most important discoveries in 2014 in The world. It was expected to be a basilica built in memory of Saint Neophytos. According to archaeologists, it was likely that first Meeting of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea place.
Thai Civil A former director of In the Iznik Museum, he said that the sunken basilica was discovered in 2014 is made visible by receding water in Lake Iznik recently highlighted its historical importance of basilica in terms of archeology. According to Seville, in The history of global Archeology, considered a historical basilicas one of Fabulous discoveries of The century. The formerly submerged basilica in the lake but since then it has mixed up with Earth, now on foot distance Because the water level has fallen due to climate change.
