Urmia, Lake

Related Category: Middle Eastern Physical Geography

(ûr´mēə), 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 outlet and receives the drainage of the surrounding mountains.