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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This fund focuses on uranium mining companies and nuclear component manufacturers, holding significant positions in companies like Cameco (with a weight of 22.31%), NexGen Energy (5.64%), and SPROTT ...

The Great Salt Lake, once the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, sticks out on maps of the United States ... to a tenth of its size, Lake Urmia in Iran is down to 5% of its natural ...

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 ...