Mehman (lake)

Mehman

Mehman

Location| Aghjabadi District, Beylagan District, Azerbaijan
Coordinates| 40°06′48″N 47°44′40″E﻿ / ﻿40.11333°N 47.74444°E﻿ / 40.11333; 47.74444
Basin countries| Azerbaijan
Surface area| 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Max. depth| 1.5 m2 (16 sq ft)

Mehman(Azerbaijani: Mehman[1]) is a lake in Azerbaijan located in the northern part of the Mil plain[2] on the territory of the Aghjabadi and Beylagan districts.[3]

## Description[edit]

The lake is located two kilometers far from the right bank of the Kura river. The lake periodically dries up.[3] It lies at a height of 7 meters[4] below sea level.[5] The surface of the basin area of the lake is 12 km2[4] or 15 km2.[6] Dimensions - 8 by 4 km,[4] according to other sources 1.7 by 1.3 km.[6] The maximum depth is 1.5 m,[4] while on 85% of the lake area, the depth is 0.5 - 0.7 m.[6]

## Fauna[edit]

During the drying up of Aggol in 1943, the strongest specimens of nutria that lived in the lake, settled in Mehman lake.[7]

The lake is inhabited by 34 species of plankton.[4] There are populations of pike, carp, bream, and pike perch.[4]

In May–June 1954, the expedition of K. Gambarov observed a mixed nesting colony, with white-tailed lapwing rare for Azerbaijan.[8] Although the expedition did not identify bird nests, observations suggested that the white-tailed lapwing is likely to nest here. In the colony, in addition to these birds, were also common terns, black terns, barnacle terns, black-headed gulls, prairie beetles, and stilt.[4][9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Mehman // Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti (PDF). Vol. II. Baku: Şərq-Qərb. 2007. p. 99.
2. ^ под ред. Г. И. Донидзе М.: Картгеоцентр — Геодезиздат, 1999. — С. 247. — ISBN 5-86066-017-0. (1999). Мехма́н // Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ (PDF). Moscow: Картгеоцентр — Геодезиздат. p. 247.
3. ^ a b Меһман ҝөлү. Vol. VI. Baku: Azərbaycan Sovet Ensiklopediyası. 1982. p. 469.
4. ^ a b c d e f g Под ред. Э. Г. Султанова (2000). Потенциальные Рамсарские угодья (Водно-болотные угодья международного значения) Азербайджана. Baku: Halal print. pp. 109–111.
5. ^ Лист карты K-38-144 Зардоб. Масштаб: 1 : 100 000. Состояние местности на 1984 год. Издание 1985 г.
6. ^ a b c Абдуллаева Т. Г. (1995). Роль бактериопланктона в продукционно-деструкционных процессах озёр Аджикабул, Аггель и Мехман. Автореферат дис. канд. биолог.наук (PDF). Baku: Изд-во Ин-та зоологии АН Азербайджан. p. 5.
7. ^ Aliyev F. F. (1965). Dispersal of Nutria in the USSR. Journal of Mammalogy. pp. 101–102.
8. ^ Виноградов В. В. (1963). Гнездование белохвостой пигалицы в Закавказье. Орнитология. pp. 303–305.
9. ^ Гамбаров К. М. (1956). Нахождение и вероятное гнездование белохвостой пигалицы в мильской степи // Ученые записки Азербайджанского Государственного Университета им. С. М. Кирова : сборник. Vol. VII. Baku: Издательство АГУ. pp. 51–53.

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