Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irn
Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh]
- Area
- 4 498 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1975
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1975
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
85 distinct species · 211 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lake Urmia [or Orumiyeh] : 35 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology32 basins · 2 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
58,3km
Lake surface here
4 377,89km²
Basins crossed
32
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
52 200km²
Discharge in basins
642,1m³/s
Mean precip.
367mm/an
Mean T°
11,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,67
Max snow
21%
Mean runoff
30mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 434m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de گادار چاییsub-area1 285,9 km²overlap750.05 km²17%
- Bassin de قناتsub-area3 325,9 km²overlap579.15 km²13%
- Basin #92810sub-area365,6 km²overlap356.15 km²8%
- Basin #92340sub-area652,9 km²overlap286.86 km²6%
- Basin #94170sub-area331,5 km²overlap270.33 km²6%
- Basin #88470sub-area379,8 km²overlap240.72 km²5%
- Bassin de مردقsub-area2 361,7 km²overlap204.33 km²5%
- Bassin de زولاچایsub-area1 074,2 km²overlap202.59 km²5%
- Bassin de سئل چاییsub-area1 246,8 km²overlap154.24 km²3%
23 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de آجی چایsub-area2 174 km²overlap153.54 km²3%
- Basin #92940sub-area195,7 km²overlap145.21 km²3%
- Basin #84210sub-area703,3 km²overlap140.15 km²3%
- Basin #94410sub-area308,8 km²overlap135.70 km²3%
- Basin #96630sub-area1 381,1 km²overlap131.11 km²3%
- Basin #88680sub-area503,7 km²overlap126.26 km²3%
- Bassin de زرینهرودsub-area1 932,7 km²overlap125.89 km²3%
- Basin #92420sub-area138,7 km²overlap95.15 km²2%
- Bassin de تلخه رود(آجی چای)sub-area304,8 km²overlap89.29 km²2%
- Bassin de شهرچایsub-area625,5 km²overlap59.05 km²1%
- Basin #85690sub-area85 km²overlap55.16 km²1%
- Basin #98250sub-area51 km²overlap48.58 km²1%
- Bassin de کانال آبیاریsub-area267,4 km²overlap31.58 km²1%
- Basin #92620sub-area24,8 km²overlap24.81 km²1%
- Basin #93250sub-area355,4 km²overlap23.52 km²1%
- Bassin de قلعه چایsub-area627,3 km²overlap20.72 km²0%
- Bassin de صوفی چایsub-area1 213,8 km²overlap16.43 km²0%
- Bassin de شهرچایsub-area15,8 km²overlap15.83 km²0%
- Bassin de نازلو چایsub-area138,2 km²overlap13.65 km²0%
- Basin #92610sub-area1,1 km²overlap1.05 km²0%
- Basin #88600sub-area0,5 km²overlap0.47 km²0%
- Bassin de گادار چاییsub-area49,6 km²overlap0.47 km²0%
- Basin #88690sub-area0,3 km²overlap0.34 km²0%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 37.66351, 45.51045
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.