Lake Urmia, a hypersaline lake in northwestern Iran, has declined drastically in size in recent decades. Despite a brief period of expansion between 2016 and 2019, thanks to increased precipitation and efforts to improve agricultural practices, in 2022 its surface area stood at 1,336 square kilometres — down from around 6,000 square kilometres in 1989.
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