{"id":350713,"date":"2025-11-26T16:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350713"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:58:05","slug":"lake-urmia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lake-urmia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Urmia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Iran has used cloud-seeding over the Urmia Lake basin to address the country\u2019s severe drought.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Lake Urmia\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.britannica.com\/96\/187296-050-3B66A945\/Lake-Urmia-Iran.jpg?resize=379%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lake Urmia \" width=\"379\" height=\"265\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is a large <strong>oligotrophic and extremely hypersaline<\/strong> lake located in <strong>Iran<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It lies in the <strong>Armenian Highlands<\/strong>, between the <strong>provinces of Azerbaijan in Iran<\/strong>\u00a0and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It is the <strong>largest lake in the Middle East <\/strong>and the<strong> sixth-largest saltwater lake <\/strong>on Earth.<\/li>\n<li>The lake is surrounded by mountains in the <strong>west and north<\/strong>, and <strong>plateaus in the south and east<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feeding rivers:\u00a0<\/strong>The <strong>inflow of water <\/strong>in the lake is from<strong> rivers<\/strong> like the <strong>Talkheh<\/strong>, <strong>Zar\u012bneh<\/strong>, and <strong>S\u012bm\u012bneh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Area:<\/strong> The lake covers an area ranging from <strong>2,000 to 2,300 square miles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Elevation:<\/strong> It lies at an elevation of <strong>4,183 feet (1,275 meters)<\/strong> above sea level.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protection status:<\/strong> The Lake, along with its 102 islands were protected to create<strong> Urmia Lake National Park in 1975.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Lake Urmia is known for its <strong>extremely salty water<\/strong>, which is <strong>one-fourth as salty as the Dead Sea<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Main salts in the lake are <strong>chlorine, sodium, and sulfates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A<strong> unique feature of Lake Urmia is its changing colors in certain seasons.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>high salinity and microscopic activities<\/strong> cause the water to turn <strong>red and orange<\/strong>, creating a striking landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The lake also <strong>has impressive salt dunes<\/strong>, adding to its natural beauty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Threats:<\/strong> <strong>Fluctuating water levels and reduced inflow due to climate change, water diversion, and human activity<\/strong> have raised concerns about the lake\u2019s future sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Iran has used cloud-seeding over the Urmia Lake basin to address the country\u2019s severe drought. About Lake Urmia\u00a0 Location: It is a large oligotrophic and extremely hypersaline lake located in Iran. It lies in the Armenian Highlands, between the provinces of Azerbaijan in Iran\u00a0and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lake-urmia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lake Urmia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-350713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}