Largest Lake in Iran Is Disappearing

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 12:10 in Earth & Climate

Lake Oroumieh, the largest lake in Iran and one of the largest saltwater lakes on the planet, has shrunk more than 80 percent in the past decade, but the nation's president, Hassan Rouhani, is now making it a priority to save the lake from drying up.

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