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	Lake Van - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü, in Armenian: Վանա լիճ) is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of the country.
		Lake Van's waters are rich in sodium carbonate and other salts which are extracted by evaporation and used as detergents.
		The lake was in the centre of Urartian kingdom from about 1000 BC and capital of Urartu, Tushpa, was on the shore of Van (approximately on the site of Van city).
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Lake_Van (419 words)

	Lake Van, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		Lake Van occupies the lowest part of a vast basin bordered by high mountains to the south, by plateaus and mountains to the east, and by a complex of volcanic cones to the west.
		Lake Van's catchment area exceeds 5,790 square miles (15,000 square km); it forms the largest interior basin of Turkey except for that of the central Anatolian region.
		The lake is fed by rainfall and meltwater as well as by several tributaries, notably the Bendimahi and Zilan rivers, which flow in from the north, and the Karasu and Micinger rivers, which enter the lake from the east.
	www.adiyamanli.org /vangolu.html (547 words)

	VAN (WITH VILAYET AND LAKE) - LoveToKnow Article on VAN (WITH VILAYET AND LAKE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Van occupies the site of Dhuspas, of which the native name was Biainas (Assyrian, Urardhu), the Byana of Ptolemy and the Ivan of Cedrenus, whence the modern Van.
		VAN BEEBS, JAN (1821-1888), Belgian poet, usually called " the elder " to distinguish him from his son, Jan van Beers, the well-known painter, was born at Antwerp on the 22nd of February 1821.
		Van Beers started life as a teacher of Dutch language and literature, first at Malines, then at Lierre, and in 1860 was appointed a professor of both at the Athenaeum (high school) in Antwerp, where he had also been a sub-librarian in the communal library.
	1.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VA/VAN_WITH_VILAYET_AND_LAKE_.htm (2790 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lake Van (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Van is a city in eastern Turkey with a population of 380 000 (2001).
		Lake Sevan (Սևանա լիճ; in Armenian) is Armenias largest lake, the largest lake in Transcaucasia and one of the largest high altitude lakes in the world.
		Along with lake Sevan and lake Urmia it was one of the three great lakes of the Armenian Kingdom, referred to as the seas of Armenia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lake-Van (1275 words)

	CNN - Sea monster or monster hoax? - June 12, 1997
		VAN, Eastern Turkey (WTN) -- Sightings of the Lake Van monster were first reported about two years ago, but further evidence was offered on Tuesday: bad quality amateur pictures of something long and dark moving in the middle of the lake.
		Public opinion is divided over whether the Lake Van monster is a clever hoax to attract visitors to a region that could use some tourist revenue.
		The city of Van is in an underdeveloped area of eastern Turkey that for years has lost out to holiday resorts in the west of the country.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9706/12/fringe/turkey.monster (251 words)

	Van
		Van lies in an oasis at the foot of a hill.
		It is the capital of Van province with 880,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
		Today Van is a predominantyl Kurdish city, since the Armenian section of the population were deported by government order in 1915 and 1916 and many of them were massacred mainly by Kurds.
	i-cias.com /e.o/van.htm (509 words)

	Lake Van (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lake Van (in Turkish Van Gölü)is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the fareast of the country.
		Darekh, a species of herring caught during the spring floods, spawns near the mouths of streams feeding the lake and is the only fish that can survive in the brackishwaters.
		The lake is surrounded by fruit and grain -growing agricultural areas.
	www.therfcc.org /lake-van-77399.html (150 words)

	Lake Van - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Vans waters are rich in sodium carbonate and other salts which are extracted by evaporation and used as detergents.
		The best preserved are of a church of the Holy Cross from tenth century located on Akdamar Island and of monastery from eleventh centry on Arter.
		Lake Van, Cultural history, Railways, See also, Lakes of Turkey, Anatolia and History of Armenia.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Lake_Van (422 words)

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		The rest of the cat is as white as the Lake Van district during its long, snowy winters.
		Turkish vans have existed near Lake Van for only Allah knows how long, but if you went to this isolated region looking for a van cat, you would be shown an odd-eyed, white--most likely a longhair similar to the cat we know as the Turkish Angora.
		The van's beguiling pattern is the handiwork of the piebald spotting gene, a dominant gene with variable expression, which accounts for the presence of white in bicolored and tricolored cats.
	www.netpets.com /cats/reference/archive/turkvan.html (820 words)

	Van, Turkey - Mersina: Information about Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The province of Van sits by Lake Van, and was the ancient Urartian capital of Tuspa.
		Lake Van is the largest lake in Turkey and provides good opportunities for enjoyable excursions.
		Van is also famous for its Van cat, a pure white, longhair cat which has the strange feature of one blue eye and the other green.
	www.mersina.com /Turkey/E_Anatolia/Van (415 words)

	Lake Van, Eastern Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The city of Van is the goal of most travelers because of its historic sights, hotels, transportation links, beautiful Van cats and other attractions, but Tatvan, on the western shore, is the railhead for trains westward to Ankara and Istanbul.
		Edremit, 15 km (9 miles) W of Van, has beaches at which you may dip a toe in the highly alkaline lake--but not if the toe is surburned or has a cut on it, as the alkaline water will sting mercilessly.
		At Ahlat on the NW shore are unusual Seljuk Turkish tombs and cemeteries.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/East/LakeVan/LakeVanMain.html (371 words)

	Van Buren State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Van Buren offers a multi-use campground at the east end of the park with 38 non-electric campsites for general camping as well as horseman's camping.
		Van Buren State Park lies in the rich agricultural plains of northwest Ohio.
		Van Buren is located just north of the town of Findlay which was founded in 1821.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /parks/parks/vanburen.htm (866 words)

	Around the World with Wes and Masami - Around the World Travelogue by Wes and Masami Heiser with Journal Photographs ...
		Lake Van is a 200km long clear blue body of water with high alkalinity.
		We chose to visit Lake Van for 2 sites: Akdamar, a 1000 year old Armenian church on an island in Lake Van, and Nemrut Dağı, an extinct volcano on the eastern shore of Lake Van with beautiful lakes in its 2000 meter high crater.
		One has lakes in a 2000 meter high crater and is located on the western shore of Lake Van near the city of Tatvan.
	www.atwtravel.net /doc/english/journal/turkey/van.htm (1075 words)

	The Land of the Turkish Van cat: beautiful eastern Anatolia
		Lake Van is a saline (salty) lake, located in eastern Turkey at 5640 feet (1719 meters) above sea level, has no outlet, a maximum length of 75 miles (120 kilometers), a maximum width of 50 miles (80 kilometers), and an area of 1450 square miles (3755 square kilometers).
		Mount Suphan is situated in the north and Mount Nemrut lies to the west of the lake.
		The eastern part of Lake Van, where the city was located, used to be called "Waini" in the Urartu language.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Bluffs/3583/page4.html (891 words)

	Van, Turkey
		Van on the southeastern shores of Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey, was Tuspa, the capital city of the Urartians (1000 B.C.).
		Van Citadel was first constructed by Sardur I, the Urartian King, in the ninth century B.C., is 80 meters above the lake level and extends 1800 meters from the east to the west, and 120 meters from the north to the south.
		Lake Van is in the realm of the beauties of Eastern Anatolia.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/van.htm (302 words)

	Maple Lake, Van Buren County, MI
		The basin of the south branch of the Paw Paw River is characterized by Adrian and Houghton muck soils.
		The outlet for Maple Lake is blocked by a retired hydropower dam 27-feet high (17-foot head), constructed in 1907 on the north side of the lake.
		The management goals for Maple Lake are based on the results of the 1991 survey, 1990-1992 fall YOY walleye surveys, and the proposed drawdown of Maple Lake in 1993.
	www.michigandnr.com /PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/status/waterbody/93-5.htm (2995 words)

	VAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lake Van and the surrounding affords you the opportunity to see those magnificient moments.
		Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey, is 1.646 meters high and covers an area of 3.713 km2.
		Suphan mountain is situated in the north and Nemrut mt in the west of the lake.
	www.armory.com /~turkiye/turkey/dogu/van.html (556 words)

	Akdamar Island, Lake Van (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The island lies close to the shore Lake Van (Turkey’s third largest lake) and is approximately 55 kilometers from the city of Van.
		One of the seven impacts was in the Persian Gulf region roughly 800 kilometers south of the region with the enigmatic salt lakes.
		Considering the strange occurrence of great landlocked, seawater lakes deep within the continental landmass and the unexplained existence of ocean mammals in the lakes, it is safe to say that the probably explanation was that both the water and the mammals were deposited there by the massive flooding caused by the 7640 BC cometary impacts.
	www.sacredsites.com /middle_east/turkey/akdamar.htm (737 words)

	Van Vac Lake
		Van Vac is a very small, probably quite shallow lake at the head of Van Vac Creek in the Little Indian Sioux drainage, 22¼ miles southeast of Crane Lake and 18¼ miles WNW of Ely.
		Van Vac is not on any maintained route and supports no established campsites.
		With all the downed timber to the southwest, from whence come the prevailing summer winds, a visit in a dry season might be a risky venture, at least until the fuel load declines.
	www.rook.org /earl/bwca/lakes/lakes1/vanvac.html (243 words)

	Cat Fanciers' Association: Breed Profile: Turkish Van
		The cat known in the United States as the Turkish Van is a rare and ancient breed that developed in central and southwest Asia, which today encompasses the countries of Iran, Iraq, southwest Soviet Union and eastern Turkey.
		“Van” is a common term in the region that has been given to a number of towns, villages and even a lake - Lake Van - so it is no surprise that the uniquely patterned cat native to the region was named the “Vancat” by the residents.
		The coloration of the Turkish Van, which is considered by many to be the original breed to carry the piebald gene, calls for a white, semi-longhaired cat with colored markings restricted primarily to the head and tail.
	www.cfainc.org /breeds/profiles/turkish-van.html (668 words)

	Lake Van
		Lake Van, the largest lake in Eastern Anatolia, was the centerpiece for Urartian culture.
		At the center of this new alliance was the sacred Lake Van.
		The Ruins of Ahlat, located on the western shore of Lake Van was a vastly important city of Turkish art and culture.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/europe/lakevanurartu.html (653 words)

	Oscoda Press: Residents speak out against proposed RV park on Van Etten Lake
		The project, which is anticipated to cost about $340,000, would develop Van Etten Beach Park into an RV park with 50 modern campsites and dockage, a bath house, and convert Warrior Pavilion into a registration office and supply store.
		Van Etten Lake Association President Carole Plunkey said the first time the majority of the members in attendance at the last lake association meeting had heard about the project, was either because they were at the August meeting, or through reading the recent Oscoda Press.
		Jeanne Stock said she bought her property on Van Etten Lake because it is quiet, has natural scenery, and has a public park.
	www.oscodapress.com /articles/2005/09/15/news/news02.txt (632 words)

	Ahlat, Adilcevaz, Van, Tatvan, Lake Van, Urartian Civilization, Akdamar Island in Eastern Anatolia Region by Turkish ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ruins of Ahlat, 44 km north of Tatvan on the western shore of Lake Van, once an important city of Turkish art and culture, are scattered today among more recent constructions.
		Van's interesting Archaeological Museum is in the new city, inland from the uninhabited old district.
		Among the interesting geographical features around Lake Van, the Muradiye Waterfalls, 88 km north of Van, with a peaceful tea garden and restaurants, and Gahnispi-Beyaz Cesme Falls, 60km south of Van, are worth visiting.
	www.turkishtravel.com /eastern03.htm (731 words)

	Search Results for "Lake Van"
		It is the largest lake in the country....
		153,525), capital of Van prov., E Turkey, near the eastern shore of Lake Van, at an altitude of 5,659 ft (1,725 m).
		...were driven by the Scythians from their former home in Crimea and came to the region around Lake Van (in present-day E Turkey).
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Lake+Van (213 words)

	Tatvan, Lake Van, Eastern Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tatvan was built in the 19th century to serve the railroad: trains from Istanbul and Ankara arrived here, the rail cars were loaded onto big lake ferries and transported across the great salt Lake Van to the city of Van, from which some cars went on to Iran.
		With the end of the PKK Tatvan's tourism fortunes may revive because it's well placed to be a base for visits to the Seljuk Turkish monuments of Ahlat, the crater lake in the extinct volcano of Nemrut Dagi, and Akdamar Island.
		The nearest airport to Tatvan is at Van.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/East/LakeVan/Tatvan.html (358 words)

	Kees van Dongen -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		This salt lake is located 5,640 feet (1,720 meters) above sea level in the region of eastern Anatolia near the Iranian border.
		Lake Van is roughly triangular in shape and has two parts.
		The novelist and poet Jacob van Lennep was the leading man of letters in The Netherlands in the mid-19th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9030923 (777 words)

	Michael Studinger's Lake Vostok Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This lake is a large system and represents the closest analogue to Europa the ice covered Jovian moon and to a Neoproterozoic subglacial environment.
		Lake Vostok was identified in 1996 by Russian and British scientists (Kapitsa et al., 1996) who integrated data ranging from down-hole seismics, star observations and airborne ice-penetrating radar to new spaceborne altimetric observations.
		The horizontal extent of the lake is estimated from the flat surface (0.01 degrees) observed in the ERS-1 ice surface altimetry.
	www.ldeo.columbia.edu /~mstuding/vostok.html (501 words)

	Maple Lake, Van Buren County, MI
		The outlet for Maple Lake is blocked by a retired hydropower dam 27-feet high (17-foot head), originally constructed in 1907 on the north side of the lake.
		Portions of the south end of Maple Lake are currently (2000) being dredged to remove sediment that is being transported into the lake by the South Branch of the Paw Paw River.
		Past experience on this lake and others seem to indicate that if two "good" year classes in a row are found, that it is not necessary to stock the third year.
	www.michigandnr.com /PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/status/waterbody/00-10.htm (2399 words)

	Satellite Images: Lake Van, Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lake Van, the largest lake in the country of Turkey, can be seen in this southwest-looking low-oblique view.
		Lake Van is fed by numerous small streams, which descend from the surrounding mountains.
		The waters of Lake Van are rich in sodium carbonate and other salts which are extracted by evaporation and used as detergents.
	www.redtailcanyon.com /items/3876.aspx (303 words)

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