Provincial director of the Urmia Lake Recovery Program in West Azerbaijan said: the water level of the Urmia Lake decreased 21 cm in compare with the same period of last year.

Farhad Sarkhosh stated that the water level of the lake was 1270.29 meters on November 21, this year. The water level of Lake Urmia was 1270.50 meters last year. There is 21 cm decrease in compare with the same period of last year.

He said rainfall has dropped by 28% compared to the same period last year. Director of the provincial office of the Urmia Lake Reconstruction Program expressed that the catchment area of Lake Urmia is flooded by 21 permanent rivers and 39 rivers and that, since May this year, water has not entered the Lake Urmia.