About Qare Qeshlaq

About Qare Qeshlaq

To put it simply, a wetland is a place involving the features of an aquatic and terrestrial environment simultaneously, that is, we can observe both trees and fish in wetlands all together. Water is the main component of wetland’s environment. Wetlands are typically formed when bodies of water are at or near the surface of land. In other words, shallow water covers a large area of the land. Wetlands may be created naturally or artificially. Examples of wetlands include swamps, marshlands, ponds, lakes behind dam, etc.

Qare Qeshlaq Wetland

Qare Qeshlaq is a set of interconnected and shallow freshwater wetlands created in the south of Urmia Lake (approximately 12 km from the lake) at the mouth of Simineh River and Zarrine River at an average altitude of 1290 meters above sea level. Qare Qeshlaq wetland is located on the southeastern shores of Lake Urmia in an area of 40,000 hectares, 15 km away from Bonab County, on the border of provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan. This wetland is an extraordinary place for waterfowl and shorebirds. Qare Qeshlaq wetland is known as the international wetland.