Urmia Lake Basin

E730918
ecoregion hydrological basin

The Urmia Lake Basin is the hydrological and ecological catchment area surrounding Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran, encompassing the rivers, wetlands, and landscapes that drain into and sustain the lake.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake Urmia region 3
Urmia plain 2
Lake Urmia Basin ecoregion 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion ⓘ
hydrological basin ⓘ
climate continental ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains Lake Urmia NERFINISHED ⓘ
agricultural lands ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
drainsInto Lake Urmia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance supports Lake Urmia ecosystem ⓘ
supports migratory waterbirds ⓘ
supports saline wetland habitats ⓘ
facesEnvironmentalIssue decline of Lake Urmia water level ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ
over-extraction of groundwater ⓘ
over-extraction of surface water ⓘ
salinization ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
governedBy Government of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBiodiversity brine shrimp Artemia urmiana in Lake Urmia ⓘ
halophytic vegetation ⓘ
hasConservationProgram Lake Urmia restoration program NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoreFeature Lake Urmia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity Mahabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maragheh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urmia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Aji Chay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baranduz River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gadar River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahabad River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shahr Chay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simineh Rud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zarrineh Rud NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutflow endorheic (no natural outflow to the sea) ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeRegion East Azerbaijan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurdistan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zanjan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of other neighboring provinces of Iran ⓘ
partOf Iranian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Urmia watershed ⓘ
primaryWaterUse domestic water supply ⓘ
industrial water use ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Lake Urmia → partOf → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
Lake Urmia → ecoregion → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Urmia Basin ecoregion
Biainili → associatedWith → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Urmia region
West Azerbaijan Province → hasHistoricalRegion → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Urmia plain
Urmia → locatedOn → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Urmia Plain
Urmia dialect → associatedWith → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Urmia plain
Urmia dialect → associatedWith → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Urmia region
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Urmia Lake Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Urmia region