Lake Urmia

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endorheic lake lake salt lake

Lake Urmia is a large, historically significant salt lake in northwestern Iran known for its dramatic shrinkage due to climate change and water mismanagement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lake Urmia canonical 7
Lake Rezaiyeh 1
Lake Urmia (part) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
salt lake ⓘ
basinCountry Iran ⓘ
basinPopulation millions of people depend on its basin ⓘ
bodyOfWaterType hypersaline lake ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
ecoregion Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Urmia Basin ecoregion
fedBy Aji Chay ⓘ
Gadar River ⓘ
Zarrineh River ⓘ
surface form: Simineh River

Zarrineh River ⓘ
governedBy Iranian Department of Environment ⓘ
habitatFor Artemia urmiana ⓘ
flamingos ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
pelicans ⓘ
spoonbills ⓘ
hasIsland Ashk Island ⓘ
Kabudan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shahi Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIssue exposed lakebed causing dust storms ⓘ
increasing salinity due to shrinkage ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus Ramsar site ⓘ
Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
historicalName Chichast ⓘ
Lake Urmia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Rezaiyeh
knownFor changing color between green and red ⓘ
dramatic shrinkage ⓘ
high salinity ⓘ
important bird habitat ⓘ
locatedIn Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijan region of Iran

East Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedNear Tabriz ⓘ
surface form: city of Tabriz

city of Urmia ⓘ
locatedOn Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau
namedAfter city of Urmia ⓘ
partOf Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
recognizedBy Ramsar Convention ⓘ
UNESCO ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
salinity hypersaline ⓘ
subjectOf Lake Urmia restoration program ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
drought ⓘ
excessive groundwater extraction ⓘ
upstream dam construction ⓘ
water mismanagement ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenian Highlands → contains → Lake Urmia ⓘ
Iranian Azerbaijan → hasLake → Lake Urmia ⓘ
Lake Urmia → historicalName → Lake Urmia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Rezaiyeh
northwestern Iran → hasLake → Lake Urmia ⓘ
subject surface form: Northwestern Iran
West Azerbaijan Province → hasLake → Lake Urmia ⓘ
Urmia → locatedNear → Lake Urmia ⓘ
Urmia → locatedWestOf → Lake Urmia ⓘ
Maragheh → hasNearbyLake → Lake Urmia ⓘ
East Azerbaijan Province → containsLake → Lake Urmia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Urmia (part)