
The drying of Lake Urmia and its consequences for waterbird …
2024年5月10日 · Lake Urmia, situated in north-western Iran, exemplifies a drying saline lake that has historically supported substantial migratory waterbird populations. Aerial surveys, such as those by Scott (Reference Scott 2001), have consistently documented thousands of waterbirds from diverse species frequenting the lake.
A comprehensive investigation of the causes of drying and …
2023年12月1日 · In this study, we investigated the causes (anthropogenic vs natural) of drying of Urmia Lake in NW Iran during the last two decades, which has turned the lake into a dust source. Satellite imagery revealed that lake Van in SE Turkey, which is in close proximity to Urmia Lake, did not change from 2000 to 2017, but the Urmia Lake had lost most of ...
Lake Urmia: A Hypersaline Waterbody in a Drying Climate
This book provides a holistic review of the environmental status of Lake Urmia in terms of its hydrodynamic, chemical, and ecological properties. Lake Urmia is a shallow landlocked hypersaline water body located in the northwest part of Iran, and it is known as one of the largest continental salt lakes in the world.
Scenario-based analysis of the impacts of lake drying on food ...
2022年4月14日 · Lake Urmia in Northern Iran is drying up at such an alarming rate that it is considered to be a dying lake, which has dire consequences for the whole region. While salinization caused by a...
Frontiers | Why is Lake Urmia Drying up? Prognostic Modeling …
2021年8月30日 · Lake Urmia (LU) is considered as the largest salt water lake in Iran and has severe restrictions on water resources and becoming a salt lake increasingly. The LU drought will Couse ecological, health, social and economic problems. Land-use change and the increasing of salt areas evaluated in this work using satellite imagery.
Assessing the impact of dams and unsustainable agricultural
2024年11月25日 · Lake Urmia, the largest inland lake in Iran, has been drying up in recent years. This research aims to investigate the cause of Lake Urmia’s drying using multiple satellite sensors and deep learning, providing novel insights into both anthropogenic and natural factors driving its …
40-years of Lake Urmia restoration research: Review, synthesis …
2022年8月1日 · Satellite images of Lake Urmia in drying (April 2018) and wet (April 2021) conditions show the difference in colors between the northern and southern basins in some seasons that are caused by the causeway (Fig. 5).
21 - Shrinking Lake Urmia - Cambridge University Press
2022年3月17日 · Quantifying the impacts of human water use and climate variations on recent drying of Lake Urmia basin: The value of different sets of spaceborne and in situ data for calibrating a global hydrological model.
(PDF) Why is Lake Urmia Drying up? Prognostic Modeling With …
2021年9月4日 · Lake Urmia (LU) is considered as the largest salt water lake in Iran and has severe restrictions on water resources and becoming a salt lake increasingly. The LU drought will Couse...
Lake Urmia - A hypersaline waterbody in a drying climate
2024年6月19日 · Diverse observations show that Lake Urmia is shrinking, and if it dries out, a vast salt desert will remain from this lake, which is an undeniable threat to the regional ecosystem. Lake Urmia is located in Eurasia between the world's largest inland body of water (the Caspian Sea) and the largest marginal sea (the Black Sea).