Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 27
According to Iran Water Resources Management Company, Currently, there are 64 dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia. Another 27 dam is under construction.
The bridge between Urmia Lake is named as the first factor of drying lake. Also, creating dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia is another main factor of this environmental crisis.
Urmia Lake is now surrounded by dams. The running water of most rivers leading to Lake Urmia is controlled and stored by these dams.
It should be noted that 52 dams out of 64 dam has come into operation. Every year, 4 billion cubic meters of water will be prevented to Lake Urmia via these dams. The total capacity of the Urmia Lake is 31 billion cubic meters.
By manipulating the ecosystem of Lake Urmia, the rich vegetation cover of West part of South Azerbaijan is now being destroyed. Also, the evaporation of water resources has also become very intense in the area.
The interactions of moisture in Urmia Lake and the rich vegetation cover resulted rich water resources manay years ago. However, the emissions of Methane gas from the lake prevents forming of cloudy clouds above the lake.
Islamic Republic of Iran with its targeted policies has been hit this critical situation for the Lake Urmia.
The Drying of South Azerbaijan’s Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences have caused a huge number of the migration of South Azerbaijani people to the Persian region. This is assimilation policy of Iranian regime toward Turkish people who lives in Iran geography.
This map represents the intense dam building on the Lake Urmia. The blue points are the dams that have come into operation and pink points are the dams under construction.
