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.

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 Aral Sea in Central Asia has dwindled to a tenth of its size, Lake Urmia in Iran is down to 5% of its natural volume, and the Dead Sea is a shrunken remnant of its original size. In each case ...

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 ...

Spanning around 1,400 hectares, this ecologically rich wetland is located west of the Urmia–Mahabad highway, only a short five-kilometer distance from the renowned Lake Urmia. The property, aka ...

20 November 2012 Using water from the River Araz to fill drought stricken Lake Urmia in Iran will have a negative impact on the Azerbaijani ecology, chairman of the State Committee for Land and ...

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 ...

A Wisconsin angler fishing in the fog this week discovered the wreck of an abandoned tugboat submerged in the waters of Lake Michigan for more than a century, state officials announced Friday.

He explained that the 22nd Bahman School, which is located in Urmia’s Imam Square, has an area of 4,000 square meters and a 2,400 square meter built-up area on three floors. Currently, it has turned ...