Sawa Lake

Sawa Lake is an endorheic basin located in the Iraqi governorate of near to the River, some 23 km to the west of city. This lake has no surface inlet or outlet, but was fed by karst groundwater through a big karst spring.
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  • Type: Lake (intermittent)
  • Description: lake in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Buḩayrat Sāwah, Lake Sāwah, بحيرة ساوة, Buhayrat Sawah, Lake Sawah, بحيرة ساوة” and “بحيرة ساوة, Buḩayrat Sāwah”

Sawa Lake

Latitude
31.313° or 31° 18′ 47″ north
Longitude
45.0107° or 45° 0′ 39″ east
Open location code
8H378276+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106707427
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q12196747
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Satellite Map

Discover Sawa Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Sawa Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة ساوة”
  • Arabic: “بحيره ساوه”
  • Arabic: “ساوة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Savə gölü”
  • Bengali: “সাওয়া সরোবর”
  • Bengali: “সাওয়া হ্রদ”
  • Catalan: “Llac Sawa”
  • French: “lac Sawa”
  • French: “Lac Sawa”
  • German: “Sawa-See”
  • Hebrew: “אגם סאווה”
  • Japanese: “サワ湖”
  • Korean: “사와호”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sawasjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه ساوه (عراق)”
  • Persian: “دریاچه ساوه”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Sawa”
  • Russian: “Сава”
  • Russian: “Саве”
  • Serbian: “Језеро Сава”
  • Tajik: “Сова”
  • Turkish: “Save Gölü”
  • Uzbek: “Sova”

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