Urmia Lake is the largest inland wetland in Iran, which is shrinking. The gradual drying of Lake Urmia has been a national and international issue for several years. In recent decades, climate change, dam constrictions, unsustainable industrial development and excess exploitation of groundwater for agriculture have been the main cause of drying of Lake Urmia. […]
To investigate the pollutants of the Kor River, water samples were collected during the rice-growing season in 2014. The first fertilizer was diammonium phosphate ((NH4)2HPO4). After first irrigation, supplemented with fertilizer usage, in the upper layers of soil causes an increase of NO3− concentrations to reach from 7.3 to 25.7 mgl-1 at the agricultural lands […]
