Lake Urmia
Two main enclosed water bodies shrinking lake
Referring to the level of enclosed waters such as Lake Urmia and the Caspian Sea, he stated that in open waters, periodic changes (decrease and increase of water volume) are low and about 2 mm, which is due to rising water that is caused by global warming and the melting of ice. But lakes that are …
Lake Urmia provided w. 32% of water right
TEHRAN – Some 32 percent of the projected water right for Lake Urmia has been provided over the past water year (September 2020 – September 2021), an inflow of 1.1 billion cubic meters of water. There is currently 2.5 billion cubic meters of water in the lake, Mehran Nazari, head of West Azarbaijan province’s department …
Urmia Lake
Green and tan shades show the extent of the water in Lake Urmia (also Orumiyeh or Orumieh) in western Iran. The lake is highly saline and only a few tens of meters deep even at high water. The shoreline appears as a white margin of salt. The lake is one of the largest in the Middle …
US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration
by Kelsie Holman , Utah State University Iran’s Lake Urmia — a sister to Utah’s Great Salt Lake — has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume in the span of two decades. Credit: Somayeh Sima In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold scientific …
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