Lake Urmia

The latest news and views about Lake Urmia – Lake Urmia is an endorheic salt lake in Iran

Environment

Lake Orumiyeh’s surface area is growing

Emad Askarieh - January 7, 2015

Lake Orumiyeh, one of the largest salt lakes in the world, has been ravaged by severe droughts in recent years; 90 percent of its surface area has dried up.

Environment

Norway, Iran to study water transfer from Caspian Sea to Lake Orumiyeh

Emad Askarieh - December 31, 2014

Under an MoU between Iran and a Norwegian company, the latter will study the ecological and environmental side-effects of transferring water from the Caspian Sea to Lake Orumiyeh.

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