Precipitation
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Lake Urmia water level reaches 3.35 billion cubic meters
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – The volume of the water at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, reached 5 million cubic meters during the last water year that ended on September 22.
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VIDEO: Recent percipitation revives Quri-gol lake
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Lake Quri-gol is a small brackish lake in the uplands of East Azarbaijan Province in north-western Iran. The lake has been revived thanks to the recent precipitation in the region.
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Lake Urmia water level in past two years
URMIA, Jun. 05 (MNA) – The water level of Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, has increased considerably in the past two years, thanks to the heavy precipitations and water management projects.
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Iran's dams 70% full: energy min.
TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced on Saturday that thanks to the increase in precipitation, 70 percent of the total capacity of dams in Iran is full now.
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UNICEF delivers flood relief cargo to Iran
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has delivered a 32-ton cargo of flood relief equipment to Iran to help the country overcome challenges by heavy precipitations.
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By: Aryan Nasrollahi
Vahdat Dam in Kurdestan province overflows
SANANDAJ, May 04 (MNA) – The considerably heavy precipitations across Iran in the past weeks have filled up many dams in the country. Vahdat Dam, near the western city of Sanandaj, Kurdestan province, overflowed this week after the torrential spring rainfalls filled all its 215 million-cubic-meters capacity.
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Lake Urmia’s water level increases by 650mn cubic meters
URMIA, Apr. 27 (MNA) – The volume of the water at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, has reached 5 million cubic meters, indicating a 650 million-cubic-meters rise compared with the corresponding date of the last year, a senior official said.
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By: Mehdi Zavvar
Lake Urmia revived by mother nature
URMIA, Apr. 22 (MNA) – The water level of Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, has increased considerably, thanks to the heavy precipitations during the past months. Shared between West Azarbaijan and East Azarbaijan provinces, it was once the largest salt-water lake in the Middle East; however, decades of long-standing drought spells and elevated hot summer temperatures have shrunk the lake drastically.
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By: Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran climate: wet spell or still short of rain?
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) – While some experts claim that Iran has entered a period of the wet spell after experiencing dry spells over the past few decades, some others highly reject the claim implying that the country faced a lack of rain by 50mm over the past 5 decades.
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VIDEO: Joveyn dam overflows
TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – Heavy rainfall in the past days has led the Joveyn Dam, in Iran's Khorasan Razavi province, to overflow, raising the alarms in the nearby villages and communities.
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Hamedan Dam in western Iran overflows
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – Due to the high precipitation in the recent past days, Hamedan Dam in western Iran has overflowed.
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VIDEO: Lake Urmia water level rises by 61cm
TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – Thanks to above-average precipitation in previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 19, 2020), the water level at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, currently stands at 1,272 meters above sea level, which is 61 centimeters more than the water level on the corresponding date of last year.
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Precipitation in Iran grows 31% in 51 years
TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – The precipitation rate in Iran's main catchment areas reached 11.6 millimeters by October 25, registering a growth of 33 percent compared to the average rainfall level in past 51 years.
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Springtime rainfalls fill 82% of Iranian dams
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Exceptional rainfalls in the past two months across Iran have raised the water levels in the country’s dams, and 82% of the dams are now full.
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Iran sees 105% growth in precipitation
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – The precipitation rate in Iran's main catchment areas in the current water year (started Sep. 23, 2018) shows a 105% growth compared to the corresponding period last year, bringing some respite to the huge water deficit seen for long years throughout the country.