The Pomorie Lake

Hyperhaline naturally formed lagoon with a surface area of 850 ha The lake’s water great salinity has determined the presence of specific plant and animal species Its greatest asset is its ornithological wealth.

This is the northernmost of all Bourgas lakes. It is a hyperhaline naturally formed lagoon and is situated in closest vicinity to the town of Pomorie, separated from the sea by a sand bar and a manmade dike. There is a canal in its southern part connecting the lake with the Black sea. The lake surface area is 850 ha but together with the surrounding wetlands adds up to about 1000 ha. Its shape is one of the elongated oval the length of it along the long axis being 6.7 km and the average width being about 2 km. In the southern part of the lake medicinal mud is excavated while its northern part has been turned into salt works.

The lake's water great salinity has determined the presence of specific plant and animal species: Glasswort, Sea Wormwood, Sea Blite, Caucasian Goby (a species of fish that can stand up to 80 promils water salinity), the Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina – an important component of the birds diet). Some rare plants listed in Bulgaria's Red Book like the Black Sea Campion, the Water Lily (Nymphaea alba), and others also occur there.