Gori Lake
Appearance
Gori Lake Qurugöl | |
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![]() Forest next to Gori Lake | |
Location | East Azarbaijan Province |
Coordinates | 37°54′57.9″N 46°42′03.8″E / 37.916083°N 46.701056°E |
Basin countries | Iran |
Official name | Lake Gori |
Designated | 23 June 1975 |
Reference no. | 48[1] |
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Gori Lake (Qurugöl) is a small fresh to brackish lake in the uplands of East Azarbaijan Province in north-western Iran. Together with the adjacent reed marshes it is an important breeding area for waterfowl. A 1.2 km² site was designated as a Ramsar Convention wetland protection site on 23 June 1975.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lake Gori". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Gori Gol (Important Birds Areas of Iran, Islamic Republic of)". BirdLife. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011.
- "Lake Gori" at World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)