The Director of the provincial headquarters of the Urmia Lake Revival Directorate in West Azerbaijan said on December 20, 2017 that this year, there was a 323 km decrease of the size of Lake Urmia, according to the state-run ISNA news agency.
Last year, at the same time, the water level of Lake Urmia was 1270.55 meters, which indicates a 27cm decrease in water level compared to last year”, Farhad Sarkhosh added.