Lake Urmia has transformed into a vast salty desert with only memories of its glory days left behind. Located between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, Lake Urmia is a ...

Straddling the misleadingly named provinces of East and West Azerbaijan in Iran, Lake Urmia has been an icon of Middle Eastern geography since… well, pretty much since geography was a thing.

Lake Urmia, located in northwest Iran, is the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest Salt Lake in the world with a water surface area of 5,000 to 6,000 km2. The lake is designated for ...

Lake Urmia, located in the northwest of Iran, was once the most extensive permanent hypersaline lake in the world. At the beginning of the Lake Urmia Restoration Program in 2013, the Lake’s level was ...

Lake Urmia, in the mountains of northwest Iran ... Urmia, one of the largest "hypersaline" -- or super salty -- lakes in the world, is located between the cities of Tabriz and Urmia, with more ...

Lake Urmia began shrinking in 1995 due to a combination ... Urmia, one of the largest "hypersaline" -- or super-salty -- lakes in the world, is located between the cities of Tabriz and Urmia ...

Lake Urmia, located in the northwest of Iran, was once the most extensive permanent hypersaline lake in the world. The full text of Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tsukada Tamaki's remarks comes as ...