Shorabil Lake ( Persian: دریاچه شورابیل, az, شورابیل گؤلو) is a lake located in a hilly area south of the

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ian city of

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. Ardabil University is located near the lake. The surface of the lake is 640,000 m², and is covered with a thin white layer of

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s which are useful in healing

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s and

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. The leisure complex of Shorabil is located near the lake. The lake is ringed by a scenic roadway offering views of the lake and the nearby

Sabalan Sabalan ( Persian: سبلان ) is an inactive stratovolcano in Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran. At in elevation, it is the third-highest mountain in Iran. It has a permanent crater lake formed at its summit. On one of its slopes aroun ...

mountain. The basin was covered with mud and high concentrations of salt and other minerals so that no fish could survive. In 1998, the government of Ardabil started diluting the lake water by linking rivers from the surrounding area. After almost 2 years they also started growing a kind of fish called "ghezel-aala" in the lake which is famous for having pink meat and wonderful taste. In 1999 a

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was built and placed in the middle of the lake. which was transferred to the government but it was later shifted to the shore as they could not handle the maintenance and other technical difficulties.

Geo-co-ordinates

Latitude = 38.2126, Longitude = 48.2870 Lat = 38 degrees, 12.8 minutes North Long = 48 degrees, 17.2 minutes East

References

External links

* http://www.shorabil.com/
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* http://www.irantourismcenter.com/?page_id=7426 Lakes of Iran Landforms of Ardabil Province {{ardabilCounty-geo-stub