Lake Urmia
is a salt lake in northwest Iran. It is the largest lake inside Iran,
and the second biggest salt lake of the world. It is the largest lake in
the Middle East. Experts have long warned that
natural factors, coupled with human activity, will cause Lake Urmia to
dry up in the near future if nothing is done. Meanwhile, the deputy
director of Iran's Environmental Protection Organization has said
evaporation due to microscopic changes in magnesium compounds in the
water turned the lake red. “Salts containing
magnesium in the lake have been concentrated as a result of the
evaporation process. Such compounds give the water a red tone,”
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| Khalil Gholami /FARS news agency |
Photos(with the exception of the last one) by Majid Rostami, Mehr News Agency - LINK
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