New satellite images show that Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has reached record lows and may vanish entirely by the end of summer. The lake, which spans northwestern Iran, has ...

Seen here in 2018, Iran's Lake Urmia has been drying up for years in one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades — ATTA KENARE Iran's Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts ...

Images from northwest Iran in recent years have told a grim environmental story: of a vast lake in retreat, of a beached ship and piers that jut out onto arid salt flats. But against the odds, one of ...

Lake Urmia's water level has reached its lowest measurable point, with officials warning that any further decline would render water levels 'undeclared' as they fall below recordable minimums, local ...

After decades of drying, one of the world's largest lakes is on the rise, a welcomed development for the region that relies upon it. Iran's Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the ...

Iran's Lake Urmia was once the second-largest saltwater lake in the world, covering more than 2,000 square miles at its deepest in the 1990s. In the past two decades, the lake has dried out, shrinking ...

Lake Urmia, once the world's second-largest saltwater lake, has shrunk drastically, leaving salt-encrusted marshes and barren flats in its southern region. Its decline reflects deeper challenges ...

11/04/2023 Urmia, Iran. A group of Iranian women stage a performance on the dry bed of Urmia Lake to draw attention to climate change crises. (Photo by Hamid / Middle East Images / Middle East Images ...

The issue of using water from the River Araz to fill drought stricken Lake Urmia will be discussed with Azerbaijan. Afterwards, a project will be implemented within the agreements, general director of ...

24 September 2013 Debates were organized last night on the first channel of Iranian state television on the situation at Lake Urmia, Tabnak news website reported on Tuesday. The head of Iran's West ...