some agricultural parts in Lake Urmia are famous for its Almonds Almond tree has been described as being sensitive to salinity . As salt storms started many of almond gardens around lake dried up. Locals cut the dried up treed in a garden in Sheikh Wali village beside lake.Iran's Lake Urmia was once the second-largest saltwater lake in the world, covering more than 2,000 square miles at its deepest in the 1990s. In the past two decades, the lake has dried out, shrinking at times to less than 20% of its average size. It's not a story of climate change, though that certainly contributed.
