Lake Parishan

Lake Parishan
Lake Parishan
Lake Parishan is located in Iran
Lake Parishan
Lake Parishan
Location within Iran
Interactive map of Lake Parishan
Coordinates29°30′21″N 51°48′12″E / 29.50583°N 51.80333°E / 29.50583; 51.80333
TypeLake
rain
none
Surface area
266.5 square metres (2,869 sq ft)
Surface elevation
820 metres (2,690 ft)
SettlementsJereh and Baladeh, Fars province, Iran
Official name
Lake Parishan and Dasht-e-Arjan
Designated23 June 1975
Reference no.37

Lake Parishan (Persian: دریاچه پریشان) is a lake in Iran. The Parishan Lake is in Jereh and Baladeh District in Fars province and is the largest freshwater lake in the country. It receives very small amount of water from feeder rivers and the whole lake or wetland is a protected area, as it is considered a globally significant wetland ecosystem. Another lake in this area is that of Arzan. The whole protected area is called "Arzhan National Park." This area is an important sanctuary for birds.

An old photograph of a lion in Iran by Antoin Sevruguin, c. 1880

Geographical location

This lake is located between 51 degrees and 44 minutes and 51 degrees and 51 minutes of east longitude and 29 degrees and 32 minutes and 30 seconds of north latitude. Its area is 4300 hectares and its height is 820 meters above the open water level. Its catchment area is 266.5 square kilometers and its largest area is in April.

Biodiversity

Flora

Fauna

10 species of fish live in Parishan Lake, which are in the order of average abundance: Capoeta barroisi, Shishamo, Mesopotamian himri, Eurasian carp, Hypostomus plecostomus, Crucian carp, Anguillidae, Liza abu and Shabout.

Registered in UNESCO

This lake has been registered as an international wetland in the Ramsar Convention and is considered a protected area in the division of regions.

Drying up of the lake

The existence of 1,300 wells for unsustainable agriculture has been the main reason for the drying up of Parishan Lake.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parishan Lake". www.iranontrip.ir. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lake Parishan and Dasht-e-Arjan". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Dasht-e Arjan and Lake Parishan (Important Birds Areas of Iran, Islamic Republic of)". BirdLife International. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Iranian Wetlands Conservation Project – Lake Urmia and Lake Parishan – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)". WWT. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  5. ↑ FARS Geography and History[link removed]
  6. ↑ Humphreys, P.; Kahrom, E. (1999). "Lion". Lion and Gazelle: The Mammals and Birds of Iran. Avon: Images Publishing. pp. 77–80. ISBN 978-0951397763.
  7. ↑ Firouz, E. (2005). "Lion". The complete fauna of Iran. London, New York: I. B. Tauris. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-85043-946-2.
  8. ↑ "از زندگی تا مرگ دریاچه پریشان شهرستان کازرون". دلگرم (in Persian). 21 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 ایران, گروه کویرها و بیابان‌های (8 December 2011). "پوشش گیاهی و جانوری تالاب پریشان". کویرها و بیابان‌های ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "ماهی های بومی و معرفی شده دریاچه پریشان".
  11. ↑ "آشنایی با جاذبه های دریاچه پریشان (پیرشون) + تصاویر". نمناک (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "آب فروشی؛ قاتل خاموش پریشان | 1300 حلقه چاه حقابه پریشان را می‌بلعد". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 4 June 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.