Lake Urmia[a] is an endorheic salt lake in Iran. [7][8] The lake is located between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea. At its greatest extent, it was the largest lake in the Middle East.

Lake Urmia, lake in northwestern Iran that is the largest lake in the Middle East. It covers an area that varies from 2,000 to 2,300 square miles (5,200 to 6,000 square km). Like the Dead Sea, it is remarkable for the extreme salinity of its waters.

Feb 26, 2021 · Lake Urmia is Iran's largest wetland and was once one of the biggest saltwater lakes in the world. Until recently, it was also Iran's principal domestic tourism destination....

Urmia Lake, located in northwestern Iran, is an oligotrophic lake of thalassohaline origin with a total surface area between 4750 and 6100 km 2 and a maximum depth of 16 m at an altitude of 1250 m.

Feb 9, 2024 · Like the famous Aral Sea in central Asia and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, the expanse of Iran’s Lake Urmia has been drying up for years. Once considered the largest lake in the Middle East,...

Feb 21, 2025 · Iran's Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the world's sixth-largest salt lake, saw its volume increase by 248 million cubic yards year-over-year, according to the …

Apr 18, 2016 · Urmia, Lake, called Lake (Daryāča-ye) Reżāʾiya in the Pahlavi period, a salt lake in northwest Iran separating the provinces of West Azerbaijan (Aḏarbāyjan-e Ḡarbi) and East Azerbaijan (Aḏarbāyjan-e Šarqi). Lake Urmia is the largest lake in the Middle East and the second largest salt lake on earth.

Lake Urmia in Iran is another closed basin lake that has been shrinking. Continuous declines in water flowing into the lake have caused a general decline in its surface area since 1995.

Lake Urmia (Persian: دریاچه ارومیه) is a salt lake in northwest of Iran. It is in the provinces of East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan, and is southwest of the close shaped Caspian Sea.

Geographically located between the provinces of the East and West Azerbaijan, Urmia Lake is an important salt lake in Iran which has a fabulous ecosystem. The importance is due to the fact that Urmia Lake is the second saltwater of the world.