LAKE URMIA, Iran — An eerie and forlorn tableau greets visitors to the arid shores of this once-vast lake in Iran’s far northwest. Rusting ships sit wedged in deep black mud. Stray dogs nibble on ...
Iran's Lake Urmia was once the second-largest saltwater lake in the world, covering more than 2,000 square miles at its deepest in the 1990s. In the past two decades, the lake has dried out, shrinking ...
After decades of drying, one of the world's largest lakes is on the rise, a welcomed development for the region that relies upon it. Iran's Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the ...
Iran's Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has shrunk to historic lows — and new satellite images suggest it may be on the brink of collapse. In August 2025, officials confirmed that ...
Images from northwest Iran in recent years have told a grim environmental story: of a vast lake in retreat, of a beached ship and piers that jut out onto arid salt flats. But against the odds, one of ...
TEHRAN - The water level of Lake Urmia in the central area is 1,270.06 meters above sea level, an increase of 56 centimeters compared to the beginning of the current water year (September 23, 2025).
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