It is located along the Shahar Chay river (City River) on the Urmia Plain. Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest salt lakes, lies to the east of the city, and the mountainous Turkish border area lies ...

It is located along the Shahar Chay river (City River) on the Urmia Plain. Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest salt lakes, lies to the east of the city, and the mountainous Turkish border area lies ...

The Iranian short film “Damji” directed by Nazanin Chitsaz has won an award at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ...

Revered by ethnic Azeris as “the turquoise solitaire of Azerbaijan,” Lake Urmia was second only to the Caspian Sea as the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East, a haven for birds and bathers.

Lake Urmia in the north-western West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the largest in West Asia and the sixth-largest salt lake in the world, with a water surface area of ...

Like the famous Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the Salton Sea in California, the salty expanse of Lake Urmia in Iran has been drying up and shrinking for decades. Now the lake ...

Health-related economic impacts could be sizable, according to the research, which indicated that communities near Lake Urmia, Aral Sea, Owens Lake and Mono Lake alike all reported elevated ...

The world’s largest saltwater lake is the Caspian Sea, located between Europe and Asia. Spanning around 370,000 sq. km, it is ...

Lake Huron has an average depth of 195 feet and a maximum depth of 750 feet, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Lake Huron has an average depth of 195 feet and a maximum depth of 750 feet, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Lake Huron is about 183 miles wide and 206 miles long, the ...

MENTAL HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT AND COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN ON CAMPUS THIS MORNING AT LAKE NONA HIGH, THE DAY AFTER A STUDENT THERE DIED IN A NEARBY LAKE. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN REPORTS. INVESTIGATORS ...