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A saltwater fluvial liman lake near Amara in Ialomița County, with a spa resort on its shore.
How it formed
The lake lies in a natural depression with no link to the Ialomița, about 4 km long, 200–800 m wide and only about 3 m deep at most. With no year-round fresh inflow and a dry climate, evaporation concentrates its sulphate, chloride, iodide, bromide and magnesium salts, and these have formed a sapropelic mud on the bottom.
Visit
Getting there
Nearest settlement: Amara
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
The lake is on the Slobozia–Buzău road, and the resort on its shore has about 2,000 beds in three hotels, the largest being the Lebăda, with 507 rooms. Its mud is used to treat disorders of the muscles and joints, gynaecological problems and skin conditions, but is not recommended for people with heart disease, Graves’ disease, asthma or infectious diseases. Ask a doctor first.
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Sources & data
- Romania's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Romania, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: Lacul Amara (way 88363517), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Wikidata: Lake Amara (Q12731832), Wikimedia Foundation
- English Wikipedia: Lake Amara, Wikimedia Foundation