Samsam Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Kulu
Surface Area: 830
Altitude: 980 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kiliçgaga (max. 616).
Main Characteristics: light salty lake
Kozanli Gokgol
City: Konya
Provinces: Kulu
Surface Area: 650
Altitude: 925 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: Dikkuyruk (10 pairs) and küçük kerkenez (10 pairs in Kozanli town) reproduce.
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp
Kulu Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Kulu
Surface Area: 860
Altitude: 950 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It hosts yaz ördegi (3 pairs), Macar ördegi (20 pairs), paspas patka (10 pairs), dikkuyruk (30 pairs), kilicgaga (250 pairs), büyük cilibit, Akdeniz martisi (400 pairs) and gülen sumru. There are kara boyunlu batagan (max. 2055), angit(max. 10.000), dikkuyruk (max. 319), uzunbacak (max. 4000), kiliçgaga (max. 1000) and akça cilibit (max. 300). Sometimes sakarca (max. 9718) can be seen.
Main Characteristics: light salty lake
Eregli Reed Bed
City: Konya, Karaman
Provinces: Eregli, Karapinar, Ayranci
Surface Area : 37000
Altitude: 998 m
Protection: partially
Bird Species: Küçük karabatak (600 pairs), ak pelikan (23 pairs), tepeli pelikan (düzensiz olarak reproduce), alaca balikçil (30 pairs), erguvani balikçil (50 pairs), çeltikçi (50 pairs), kasikçi (20 pairs), flamingo (300 pairs), boz ördek (20 pairs), yaz ördegi (5 pairs), Macar ördegi (500 pairs), paspas patka (10 pairs), dikkuyruk (50 pairs), küçük kerkenez (20 pairs), kiliçgaga (75 pairs), bataklikkirlangici(50 pairs), büyük cilibit, mahmuzlu kizkusu (20 pairs) and küçük sumru (60 pairs) are reproducing with important numbers.
Main Characteristics: sweet water swamp, steppe
Karapinar Plains
City: Konya
Provinces: Karapinar, Emirgazi
Surface Area : 15200
Altitude: 960 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status due to büyük cilibit population and important numbers present during winter sakarca (max. 14.000) and angit (max. 900).
Main Characteristics: light salty lake, salty swamp
Esmekaya Reed Bed
City: Aksaray
Provinces: Aksaray Merkez, Eskil
Surface Area : 11250
Altitude: 845 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with macar ördegi (30 pairs), çayir delicesi (15 pairs), küçük kerkenez (12 pairs) and mahmuzlu kizkusu (10 pairs) population. There are important numbers of water birds during winter (max. 21.327), leading by sakarca (max. 19.400). Leylek (max. 9550) and bataklik kirlangici (max. 150) can be seen during immigration.
Main Characteristics: sweet and salty lakes, swamp
Beysehir Lake
City: Konya, Isparta
Provinces: Beysehir, Hüyük, Yenisarbademli, Sarkikaraagaç
Surface Area : 73000
Altitude : 1123 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with important number wintering water birds (max. 213.824), including macar ördegi (max.603), elmabas patka (max. 47.883) and sakarmeke (max. 163.378).
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake
Sugla Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Seydisehir, Yalihüyük
Surface Area : 16500
Altitude : 1095 m
Protection: N/A
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake
Hotamis Reed Bed
City: Konya
Provinces: Cumra, Karapinar
Surface Area : 16500
Altitude: 999 m
Protection: partially
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with küçük karabatak (25 pairs), küçük balaban (30 pairs), alaca balikçil (50 pairs), çeltikçi (75 pairs), yaz ördegi (20 pairs), Macar ördegi (30 pairs), dikkuyruk (40 pairs), bataklik Kirlangici (100 pairs), büyük cilibit and mahmuzlu kizkusu (40 pairs) populations. Also there are pasbas patka (max. 89), dikkuyruk (max. 354) and uzunbacak.
Main Characteristics: sweet water swamp, small salt lake
Bolluk Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Cihanbeyli
Surface Area : 1150
Altitude: 925 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kasikçi (30 pairs), kiliçgaga (55 pairs), Akdeniz martisi (2250 pairs) and gülen sumru (400 pairs) populations.
Main Characteristics: salt lake, salt pans
Tersakan Lake
City: Konya
Provinces: Cihanbeyli
Surface Area : 6400
Altitude: 920 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: It gains important bird areas status with kiliçgaga population. During winter, there are important numbers of water birds (max. 20.841), leading sakarca (max. 14.700).
Main Characteristics: salt lake, salt pans
Salt Lake
City: Konya, Aksaray, Ankara
Provinces: Konya, Aksaray, Ankara
Surface Area : 260000
Altitude: 905 m
Protection: Yes
Bird Species: Biggest flamingo colony of our country lives here. During the aerial counting performed on 1992, it is determined that colony includes 14.000 pairs of flamingo. Küçük kerkenez is specie, which widely reproduces within villages surrounding lake. Kiliçgaga and büyük cilibit is also breeding. During winter sakarca (max. 12500) can be seen.
Main Characteristics: salt lake, steppe