Lake Urmia water level

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  • No prospect for Lake Urmia revival: expert 2022-09-17 18:30

    No prospect for Lake Urmia revival: expert

    TEHRAN – The restoration of Lake Urmia is unlikely in the current conditions, Hessam Ahmadi Birgani, an environmental professor at Urmia University, has said.

  • Lake Urmia in grave peril 2022-07-13 17:02

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Lake Urmia in grave peril

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia started to dry up in the 2000s, and although it revived at some point over the past few years, it is in serious danger these days.

  • Human factors hold 69% share in drying of Lake Urmia 2022-06-12 16:55

    Human factors hold 69% share in drying of Lake Urmia

    TEHRAN – Researchers realized that the situation of Lake Urmia in the last 20 years is not fully related to lack of rainfall, which shows that the share of human factors has been higher.

  • Lake Urmia level drops by 59cm 2022-02-05 17:08

    Lake Urmia level drops by 59cm

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia level shrank by about 59 cm compared to the same period last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020-March 2021), Javad Mohammadi, West Azarbaijan province’s water company chief, said on Saturday.

  • Lake Urmia provided with 32% of water right 2021-12-31 17:06

    Lake Urmia provided with 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.

  • Two main enclosed water bodies shrinking 2021-12-29 17:54

    Two main enclosed water bodies shrinking

    TEHRAN – Gorgan Bay and Lake Urmia, the two main enclosed water bodies in the country, are declining to the extent that they will possibly dry up, Ali Soltanpour, director of hydrography and tidal affairs of the National Cartographic Center, has said.

  • Lake Urmia shrinks by 61cm 2021-10-16 18:29

    Lake Urmia shrinks by 61cm

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia level has decreased by about 61 cm compared to last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020-March 2021), Mehran Nazari, West Azarbaijan province’s department of environment chief, said on Saturday.

  • Lake Urmia 2021-09-21 18:24

    Lake Urmia shrinks by over 1,500 km2

    TEHRAN – Lake Urmia’s surface area has decreased by 1,546 square kilometers compared to the same date last year, Yaser Rahbardin, CEO of West Azarbaijan Province’s Regional Water Company, has stated.