Lake Amara
Lake Amara is a saltwater fluvial liman lake located on the Slobozia - Buzău road near Amara in Ialomița County, Romania. The lake has a surface area of 132 ha, a water volume of 2,600,000 m3, a length of 4 km and a width between 200 m and 800 m while the maximum depth reaches 3 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Maryusss2011, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Lacul Amara”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amara and Păltinișu.
Amara
Town
Photo: Maryusss2011, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amara is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in Bărăgan on the shores of Lake Amara, at 7 kilometres north of the county capital, Slobozia. Amara was elevated to town status in 2004.
Păltinișu
Village
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Păltinișu is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Lake Amara.
Slobozia
Photo: Marius-Ionut, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slobozia is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 41,550 in 2021.
Lake Amara
- Category: lake
- Location: Ialomița County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.61002° or 44° 36′ 36″ northLongitude
27.33645° or 27° 20′ 11″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8GP9J86P+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 88363517OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Amara from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Lake Amara” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Amara gölü”
- Bashkir: “Амара күле”
- Catalan: “Llac Amara”
- Cebuano: “Lacul Amara”
- Danish: “Amarasøen”
- French: “lac Amara”
- French: “Lac Amara”
- German: “Amara-See”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Αμάρα”
- Hungarian: “Amara-tó”
- Polish: “Amara”
- Romanian: “Lacul amara ialomiţa”
- Romanian: “Lacul Amara Ialomiţa”
- Romanian: “Lacul amara ialomița”
- Romanian: “Lacul Amara Ialomița”
- Romanian: “Lacul Amara, Ialomița”
- Turkish: “Amara Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Амара (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Амара”
- Welsh: “Llyn Amara”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Amara”. Photo: Maryusss2011, CC BY-SA 3.0.