Shorabil Lake

Shorabil Lake (Persian: دریاچه شورابیل, Azerbaijani: شورابیل گؤلو) is a lake located in a hilly area south of the Iranian city of Ardabil. Ardabil University is located near the lake.^[1]

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Shorabil
Shorabil Lake in May 2022
Shorabil
Location	City of Ardabil, Ardabil province
Coordinates	38°13′N 48°17′E / 38.217; 48.283][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>38°13′N 48°17′E / 38.217°N 48.283°E / 38.217; 48.283"}">
Type	Natural Lake
Basin countries	Iran
Surface area	640,000 m2 (160 acres)[citation needed]
Average depth	Approximately 30 metres (98 ft) in the middle

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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.