Gavkhouni
Gavkhouni (Persian: گاوخونی, romanized: Gāwxuni) also written as Gawkhuni or Batlaq-e-Gavkhuni, located in the Iranian Plateau in central Iran, east of city of Isfahan, is the terminal basin of the Zayandeh River. Gavkhouni is a salt marsh with a salinity of 31.5% and an average depth of about 1 m. The salt marsh can dry up in summer. The Zayandeh River originates in the Zagros mountains and travels around 300 km, before terminating in Gavkhouni.
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud |
| Designated | 23 June 1975 |
| Reference no. | 53[1] |
Map of the Zayandeh/Gavkhouni drainage basin
Gavkhouni receives pollution from Isfahan and other urban sources. Isfahan is a major oasis city on the Zayandeh River with a population over 1.5 million.
The marshes were designated a Ramsar site in 1975.[2]
References
- "Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- Ramsar sites database Archived September 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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