Lake Urmia, Iran in 1942

This is a zoomed in crop of [https://soaratlas.com/maps/asia-north-west-iran-and-eastern-turkey-topographic-map-1942-8490](url) showing the shoreline extents of Lake Urmia in Iran before it started drying up in the late 2000s. Lake Van, located in Turkey, only 160km to the north-west in stark contrast has continued to keep much of its original shoreline further highlighting the massive environmental degradation and lack of natural resource management in Iran. (Source: https://geodata.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utaustin_1026308988)