Abstract Study region Andes central Chile (32ºS-36ºS)/Lakes Study focus Mountain lakes
play a key role in the terrestrial freshwater reservoir, both for storage of snow melt and …

Global climate change has led to large fluctuations in lake levels in recent years as
meteorological and hydrological parameters have changed and water use has been …

The water level of Urmia Lake, the largest inland lake in Iran with maximum water surface
area of about 6000 km 2, has been shrinking for the last two decades. Although a number of …

In response to the severe water crisis in Iran, the Iranian government has changed its
approach to the management of the country's water resources in different sectors from …

Lake Urmia in northwestern corner of Iran was once the second largest hypersaline lake of
the world, covering on average an area of 5200 km2. However, the lake has been shrinking …

Inland lakes face unprecedented pressures from climatic and anthropogenic stresses,
causing their recession and desiccation globally. Climate change is increasingly blamed for …

Lake Urmia (LU) is the second largest hypersaline lake in the world. Lake Urmia's water
level has dropped drastically from 1277.85 m to 1270.08 m asl (equal to 7.77 m) during the …

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 …

Urmia Lake, the largest inland lake in Iran has lost most of its water surface area in the last 2
decades. The desertification caused by the drying of this unique lake may lead to dust …

Being a large hyper‐saline water body, Lake Urmia in north‐western Iran deals with a
gradual decline in its water level. Most of the studies on Lake Urmia have neglected the …