Urmia Lake
salt lake in Iran
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Summary
Urmia Lake is a hypersaline lake[1]. It draws 1,770 Wikipedia views per month (hypersaline lake category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Man and the Biosphere Programme[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: West Azarbaijan Province[4], East Azarbaijan Province[5]
- Country: Iran[6]
- Instance of: biosphere reserve[7], endorheic lake[8]
- Named after: Urmia[9]
- Inflows: Zarrineh River[10], Simineh River[11], Talkheh River[12], Baranduz River[13], Zola River[14], Gadar River[15], Sufi Chay[16], گنبرچای[17], Nazlu River[18], Ադիի[19], Sinikh River[20], Qaleh Chay (Urmia Lake)[21]
- Basin country: Iran[22]
- Commons category: Urmia Lake[23]
- Coordinate location: 37.662, 45.405[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Urmia Lake[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[29]
- Heritage designation: Ramsar site[30]
- Native label: دریاچه ارومیه[31], اۇرمیه گؤلۆ[32]
- Length: 140[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 1270[34]
- Area: 5200[35]
- Width: 55[36]
- Watershed area: 50,000[37]
- Volume as quantity: 45[38]
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/asia-and-the-pacific/islamic-republic-of-iran/lake-oromeeh/[39], https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/aspac/lake-oromeeh[40]
- Salinity: 85[41], 280[42]
- Vertical depth: 16[43]
- Drainage basin: Urmia basin[44]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[45]
- P14541: 3U73zn[46]
Why It Matters
Urmia Lake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]