According to the CEO of West Azarbaijan regional water company, the volume of water in Lake Urmia has risen by 80 million ...

Lake Urmia, located in northwest Iran, is one of the largest saline lakes in the world. Over the past few decades, it has faced severe environmental challenges, primarily due to human activities ...

Iran announced a substantial rise in water levels at Lake Urmia, Northwestern Iran, nearly a decade after launching a large-scale restoration initiative aimed at preventing the lake from drying up.

Iran's Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the world's sixth-largest salt lake, saw its volume increase by 248 million cubic yards year-over-year, according to the Tehran Times.

Africa’s Lake Chad is a sliver of its former self. Iran’s Lake Urmia has shrunk by 80 percent in 30 years. What remain are the carcasses of ships settled into the silt. Similar scenarios are ...

Lake Urmia in the north-western West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the largest in West Asia and the sixth-largest salt lake in the world with a water surface area of ...