Comparative analysis of the consequences of the Aral Sea drying up of Lake Urmia, opportunities and threats

Urmia Lake is one of the world s largest salt Supersaturated lakes that located in the northwestern of Iran. nowaday it has been in danger of desiccation. Resent environmental crisis of drying up lake s water is now one of the main threats of country s geologic hazards. But the dramatic drop in Urmia lake s decreasing water level is the rate of 9 m from 1995, while the same water level has not seen in any way in the neighboring lakes such as Lake Sevan in Armenia and Lake Van in Turkey. Because climate changing doe s not affect s selective locality and this function of changing Always should be followed by a massive scale.So, the role of human being at abdacting the lake s water that is needed for it,s survival ,And creating of recent crisis , have been overcame to nature; likewise causing to vanishing of the Aral Sea And it is mismanagement. So in this research we try to compare the crisis of Urmia Lake in recent years and its related environmental and health consequences with Aral Sea and also need to identify opportunities , future threats to employ possible solutions to restore Lake Urmia and reduce environmental impact. Results and experiences of Aral Sea indicate s the necessity of international cooperation for the controing of regional disaster extention and Reducing environmental impact . Drying of Urmia Lake cause s Regional climate changing and need international cooperation to control and prevent drying out of such International Wetlands

کلیدواژه ها:

Urmia lake ، the Aral Sea ، environmental impacts ، Crisis