Lake Amik

Lake Amik spread across the low plain northeast of Antioch, its fresh water fringed by extensive marshes. The Afrin and Kara Su fed the basin from the north, and its waters drained towards the Orontes. Fishermen caught eels and other fish among the reeds, while water buffalo grazed in the wetlands. Roads from Antioch to Aleppo and Marash skirted the lake and marsh, crossing the broad alluvial plain between the Amanus and Kurdish mountains.