University of Tabriz Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2008-7918 49 95 2019 08 23 Investigating the Effectiveness of Urmia Lake Different Restoration Scenarios Using a 2D Hydrodynamic Model Investigating the Effectiveness of Urmia Lake Different Restoration Scenarios Using a 2D Hydrodynamic Model 71 81 9299 10.22034/ceej.2019.9299 FA Hassan Hamidi Razi Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran Mehdi Mazaheri Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran Jamal Mohammadvali Samani Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran Marcos Carvajalino Fernandez Oceanography and climate research group, Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway Journal Article 2019 09 21 Urmia lake is located in a closed basin between 37° 04’ N and 38° 17’ N latitude and 45° E and 46° E longitude in the northwest of Iran and the second extremely-largest saline lake in the world (Sima and Tajrishy, 2013). It has been recently much regarded due mainly to its dramatic area shrinkage and desiccation. The lake, because of its unique natural and ecological importance, has been considering as a National Park (Abbaspour and Nazaridoust, 2007), Ramsar Site (https://rsis.ramsar.org) and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (http://www.unesco.org). Following the continuous drying process of Urmia Lake as well as considering its geographical and political location, livelihood, identity and historical dependency of the regional people to it, its restoration and prevention from drying up have become highlighted so far. According to several universal experiences connected with partial restoration approach and rehabilitation of the lakes coping with dryness (e.g. Micklin, 2007), Urmia Lake partial restoration is also discussed among Urmia Lake Restoration Program (http://ulrp.sharif.ir) experts. To this end, this study aims at investigating the partial restoration-related scenarios arisen through ULRP specialists using a 2D MOHID Water hydrodynamic system. Urmia lake is located in a closed basin between 37° 04’ N and 38° 17’ N latitude and 45° E and 46° E longitude in the northwest of Iran and the second extremely-largest saline lake in the world (Sima and Tajrishy, 2013). It has been recently much regarded due mainly to its dramatic area shrinkage and desiccation. The lake, because of its unique natural and ecological importance, has been considering as a National Park (Abbaspour and Nazaridoust, 2007), Ramsar Site (https://rsis.ramsar.org) and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (http://www.unesco.org). Following the continuous drying process of Urmia Lake as well as considering its geographical and political location, livelihood, identity and historical dependency of the regional people to it, its restoration and prevention from drying up have become highlighted so far. According to several universal experiences connected with partial restoration approach and rehabilitation of the lakes coping with dryness (e.g. Micklin, 2007), Urmia Lake partial restoration is also discussed among Urmia Lake Restoration Program (http://ulrp.sharif.ir) experts. To this end, this study aims at investigating the partial restoration-related scenarios arisen through ULRP specialists using a 2D MOHID Water hydrodynamic system. https://ceej.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_9299_941a929a4b3258c30d96fb3211f269ce.pdf