Article: Urmia

Encyclopedia entry: Lake Urmia
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      274 words ...Lake Urmia , formerly Lake Rezaiyeh, shallow salt lake, 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), c.90 mi (140 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, NW Iran; alt. 4,180 ft (1,275 m). The largest lake in Iran, it has no ...

Article: GEF HELPS IRAN PRESERVE LAKE URMIA ECOSYSTEM
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  June 9, 2005 ;     289 words ... ... with the Iranian government to prevent an eco disaster in the Lake Urmia National Park. Both sides had discussed the environmental ... put forth an initial proposal to be studied by GEF experts. Lake Urmia has been shrinking for a long time, with an annual evaporation ...

Article: IRAN: GEF HELPS IRAN PRESERVE LAKE URMIA ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  June 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... with the Iranian government to prevent an eco disaster in the Lake Urmia National Park. Both sides had discussed the environmental ... put forth an initial proposal to be studied by GEF experts. Lake Urmia has been shrinking for a long time, with an annual evaporation ...

Map: Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Antalya, Turkey, Tigris River, Euphrates ...
Maps.com (Historical Maps);  January 1, 2002 ;     224 words ... ... Antalya, Turkey, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Syria, Lebanon, Beirut, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Azer, Tabriz, Lake Urmia, Mosul, Kirkuk, Ba'iji, Tikrit, Samarra, Fallujah, Baghdad, Karbala, Damascus, Haifa, Israel, Jerusalem, Tel ...

Article: BRIDGE ON LAKE URMIA TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  September 19, 2006 ;     265 words ...According to "Tehran Times", the construction of a new bridge in northwestern Iran is to be completed by June 2007. The 50-kilometer bridge is being built on the Urmia Lake, a salt lake between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly

Article: IRAN: BRIDGE ON LAKE URMIA TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  September 19, 2006 ;     318 words ...According to Tehran Times , the construction of a new bridge in northwestern Iran is to be completed by June 2007. The 50-kilometer bridge is being built on the Urmia Lake, a salt lake between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped

Encyclopedia entry: Iran
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ... ... s highest point) in the north, and the complex Zagros Mts. in the west. Lake Urmia, the country's largest inland body of water, is in the Zagros of NW Iran. Narrow coastal plains are found along the shores of the Persian Gulf, Gulf ...