BAIA VERDE - SLANIC PRAHOVA SALTED LAKES COMPLEX

• Main Author: Monica SAVA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romanian Limnogeographical Association 2009-12-01
• Series: Lakes Reservoirs and Ponds
• Subjects: abandoned salt mines; salt lake; balneary locations; turism
• Online Access: http://www.limnology.ro/Lakes/2009/200903212.pdf

Baia Verde – Slanic Prahova Lakes Complex have been formed by water accumulation resulted out of infiltrated salted water from bell shaped surface salt mines dated XVII century (1685). Such lakes, as per their method of formation, can be also found in other places from the SubCarpathians area (Telega – Prahova, Ocnele Mari – Valcea), Transilvanian Depression (Ocna Sibiului, Turda, Sovata, Ocna Dejului, etc.). Water contact with diapires, in the places where have always existed such mining explorations and exploitation, has determined the formation of salted lakes having balneary and therapeutically qualities and sometimes the development of a heliothermic / mezothermic bed. At Slanic – Prahova besides the three lakes known as Baia Verde 1, 2 and 3, there is also the lake Baia Baciului situated at the border of “Salt Mountain” which represented the first objective for capitalization of the balnear and therapeutically potential of the area.