Salt lakes

One of the impressive nature of Iran is its seductive landscape of salt lakes. Seasonal or permanent lakes that are covered with salt, and create a spectacular panorama of their platforms.

Lake Houz Sultan

Salt Lake is located 40 km north of Qom and 85 km south of Tehran on the edge of the Persian Gulf highway and located in the north of the Alborz Mountains. The size and shape of the lake vary according to the arrival of water and rainfall in different seasons. The lake is composed of two separate pits. The western hole called Hawz Sultan lake and the eastern hole is called the Hawz Mhrah lake. This lake is also called the Great Mirror of Iran.

Lake Urmia

Urmia Lake with an area of more than 5000 square kilometers of vast and shallow lakes on the planet. The water of this lake is supersaturated with salt. Urmia Lake in the northwest of Iran is the largest and the highest inland lake. This Salt Lake lies between eastern and western Azerbaijan and the lowest part of the lake surrounded by the mountains of Sabalan, Sahand, Meshudagh, Mahabad, Takht-e-Solaiman and the border elevations of Iran and Turkey. Lake Urmia is the highest lake in the Iranian plateau. The lake is only navigable lake Iran. Zarrineh Roud, Simineh Rood, Talkheh Rood, Nazlou Chai and...are from the rivers that Lake Urmia feeds on.
 

Lake khor

The lake positioned in the central part to the south of Iran's central desert. The lake is 2,000 square kilometers in size and is known as the largest Seasonal Salt Lake in Iran. The lake is one of the lowest in the Iranian plateau.Salt polygons with geometric shapes spread across the lake and created a very pleasing scene.

Swamp Sirjan Salt

This swamp is an enormous reserve of salt. This swamp is an enormous reservoir of salt that covers the Sirjan Plain Basin. Salt swamp covers the northwest bar, west to southwest of Sirjan plain. The swamp surface coated with a thick layer of salt.

Aran and Bidgol

The geographical location of this lake is located between the three provinces of Isfahan, Qom, and Semnan and positioned 35 km northeast of Aran city and Bidgol. The lake limited from the west to the white-water mountain and Black Mountain and Desert National Park area, From the north and west to the desert of Mesilah and from the south to the desert of Maranjab and Rig. The other name of this lake is Masely. Calling this name is due to the enormous salinity of lakes so that salt particles float in summer.

Kaji salt marsh

Kaji Lagoon is one of the most beautiful landscapes in 75km of Nehbandan, on the outskirts of the city of Birjand. The area of this salt marsh is 22 thousand hectares and 765 square meters.Despite the drought of the past few years in the city, it remains alive and stable. This vast salt marsh has become salt and white, because of the low elevation of the lake and high salinity of the soil.

Salt Lake Khara

Iran is one of the most visited Salt Lake "Khara" is located 50 kilometers Varzaneh Desert. A vast area of salt-covered, one of the salt mines in Iran.

Lake Bakhtegan and Tashk

Another great and good-looking lake in Iran is Bakhtegan Lake in Fars province. This lake is the second largest lake and the fourth wetland of Iran. The lake circled by the Pikhan mountains from the north side and from the northwest to Lake Tashk. The divorce located in the two lakes of the Delta River of the Kor.

Salt Lake Haj Aligholi

Haj Ali Gholi is located in the southeast of Damghan city and near the village of Khourzan. The area extends from Mount Ahwand to the east to the village of Farat in the west. The Kor river flows from the southwest towards the Salt Lake. The desert salt of Haj al-Aghili was in the past and the ancient days of the real lake, which today is a flat, immaculate surface of salt.

Lake Maharloo

Lake Maharlou is located in Fars province. The lake excited by visitors because of its red color. The strong evaporation of the Maharlou Lake caused the salinity to increase dramatically and ared seaweed called Red Tide is being propagated in it. The excessive growth of these algae in the lake has caused all of its water to turn red. There is no living creature except an aquatic species called Artemia.