Beg-Shéhrr, or KERELI GÖL, an extensive mountain lake in Asia Minor, 44 miles SW. of Konia, situated almost 3700 feet above the sea. It is over 30 miles long, and from 5 to 10 miles broad, and contains several islands. Its only visible outlet is a rivulet connecting it with the much smaller lake, Soghla Göl, the waters of which occasionally disappear altogether; and it is evident that a great part is carried off through subterranean channels in the limestone range of the Taurus. On its east and north shores are the towns of Begshehr and Kereli.
Beg-Shéhrr
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 43
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