Lago di Urmia uno dei gioielli ambientali dell'Iran corre nuovi rischi


Lago di Urmia uno dei gioielli ambientali dell'Iran corre nuovi rischi

Urmia Lake in NW Iran was the world's second largest hypersaline lake until three decades ago, when it began to lose ~ 90% of its surface area due to dwindling water input and enhanced evaporation. To help discern the role of natural vs anthropogenic factors in the rapid demise of Urmia Lake, we present a high-resolution, multi-proxy reconstruction of climate, and hydrological variability.


Le foto del lago di Urmia, rosa e blu Il Post

Lake Urmia, in Iran's northwestern corner, was once the planet's sixth largest salt lake, covering about 5200 square kilometers—a bit larger than the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Flamingos, egrets, and other waterfowl feasted on brine shrimp, and resorts catered to tourists who believed that bathing in the saline waters improves health..


Il lago di Urmia sparisce Il Post

Il lago di Urmia ( persiano: دریاچه ارومیه) è un lago salato endoreico situato tra le province iraniane dell' Azerbaigian Orientale e dell' Azerbaigian Occidentale, a occidente del Mar Caspio, a rischio di scomparsa per prosciugamento progressivo. Il lago di Urmia è stato dichiarato dall' UNESCO riserva della biosfera nel 1976 .


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Lake Urmia water level (black), planned (dashed blue), and predicted result if ULRP actions not implemented (orange dash line) (ULRP, 2020). The remaining studies were all water balance or modeling studies that assumed the uniform lake level of 1274.1 m defined by Abbaspour and Nazaridoust (2007) will successfully restore Lake Urmia.


Le foto del lago di Urmia, rosa e blu Il Post

The Ghost Towns of Lake Urmia, Once West Asia's Largest Lake Ships, farms, and hotels were left high and dry when 90 percent of the water disappeared. by Solmaz Daryani September 11, 2020.


Lago Urmia

Lake Urmia [a] is an endorheic salt lake in Iran. [7] [8] The lake is located between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea. At its greatest extent, it was the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth, with a surface area of.


Le foto del lago di Urmia, rosa e blu Il Post

Lake Urmia supports agriculture, energy, industry, food, water and housing needs of the people that live around the lake and within the wider catchment basin. In 2011, about 6 million people lived within the basin (ULRP, 2017). From 2015 estimates, about 10.33 million people live in


Urmia Lake

New research shows Iran's most famous lake has shrunk by nearly 90% since the 1970s. Scientists urge action. In the late 1990s, Lake Urmia, in north-western Iran, was twice as large as.


Lake Urmia Restoration Program Enters New Phase Financial Tribune

Lake Urmia, lake in northwestern Iran that is the largest lake in the Middle East.It covers an area that varies from 2,000 to 2,300 square miles (5,200 to 6,000 square km). Like the Dead Sea, it is remarkable for the extreme salinity of its waters. Since 1967 it has enjoyed the status of a wetland protected region, and efforts have been made by the Iranian government to increase its wildlife.


Le foto del lago di Urmia, rosa e blu Il Post

Lake Urmia is located between East and West Azerbaijan Provinces in northwest Iran and is home to 120 islands. Though it was once the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest salt.


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In late April, NASA's Aqua satellite captured Lake Urmia with a deep green hue. But as of mid-July, the body of water was filled with algae and bacteria that turned it into a stained red pool.


Urmia Lake Stabilizes Financial Tribune

The dry bed of the lake is a source of salty dust that can be whipped up by strong winds into a dust storm (Credit: Solmaz Daryani) Lake Urmia's tourism industry collapsed, accelerated by that.


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In 1995, Lake Urmia reached a high-water mark; then in the ensuing two decades, the lake level dropped more than 7 meters (23 feet) and lost approximately 90 percent of its area. Consecutive droughts, agricultural water use, and dam construction on rivers feeding the lake have contributed to the decline. A shrinking Lake Urmia has implications.


Urmia Daily Photo National Park Lake Urmia from the sky

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.


Lago Urmia e il fenomeno della marea rossa JuzaPhoto

Lake Urmia, in Iran's northwestern corner, was once the planet's sixth largest salt lake, covering about 5200 square kilometers—a bit larger than the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Flamingos, egrets, and other waterfowl feasted on brine shrimp, and resorts catered to tourists who believed that bathing in the saline waters improves health..


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Once the second-largest saltwater lake in the Middle East, Lake Urmia attracted birds and bathers to bask in its turquoise waters in northwest Iran. Then beginning in the 1970s, nearly three decades of drought and high water demands on the lake shriveled the basin, shrinking it by 80 percent. Recent torrential rains have replenished the water.