Lake Amik
…located north-east of the ancient city of Antioch (modern Antakya). The lake was drained between the 1940s–1970s. Lake Amik was located in the centre of Amik Plain (Turkish: Amik Ovası) on the northernmost part of the Dead Sea Transform and historically covered an area of some 300–350 km2 (120–140 sq mi), increasing…