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Iranian lake faces extinction warn experts

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Urmia Lake in northwestern Iran is drying up. One of the biggest saltwater lakes in the world and a registered UNESCO reserve, it is home to hundreds of species of birds, reptiles and mammals.

But experts say a combination of drought and the construction of dams on rivers feeding the lake have contributed to it drying up.

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