Tuesday, April 12, 2011

National Park Lake Urmia from the sky

Lake Urmia (Turkish Language: Urmiye Gölü , اورمیه گولو; farsi: دریاچه ارومیه Daryâcheh-ye Orumiyeh; Kurdish: زرێچەی ورمێ Gola Urmiyê;  , or ; اورمو گؤلو - اورمیه دنیزی - بحيرة أورومية - دریاچه ارومیه - Lake Urmia - Urmu Gölü - Urmiye Gölü-Урмия Озеро - 爾米亞湖 - ימת אורמיה -
オルーミーイェ湖 - উর্মিয়া হ্রদ - Lago di Urmia - Lago Urmía - Lac d'Urmia )is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake in the Middle East,and the third largest salt water lake on earth, with a surface area of approximately 5,200 km² (2,000 mile²), 140 km (87 miles) length, 55 km (34 miles) width, and 16 m (52 ft) depth.
Lake Urmia Registered under the convention on wetlands of international importance as waterfowl habitat (the Ramsar convention of the UN No. 14583 adopted in 1975). Source of Picture