Al-Asfar Lake

Al-Asfar Lake
بحيرة الأصفر (Arabic)
Location of Al-Asfar Lake in Saudi Arabia.
Location of Al-Asfar Lake in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Asfar Lake
LocationSaudi Arabia
Coordinates25°31′44″N 49°48′00″E / 25.529°N 49.800°E / 25.529; 49.800
Typelake

Al-Asfar Lake (Arabic: بحيرة الأصفر), also known as Asfar, Alasfar and Yellow Lake. Al-Asfar is located to the East of Umran city, in Al-Hasa, Eastern Saudi Arabia. The lake is surrounded by sand dunes and somewhat difficult to reach.[1] Al-Asfar lake is one of the most important wetland shallow lakes in the region.[citation needed] The lake is a historic landmark of Al-Hasa,[1] and was mentioned by some historians of the Abbasid and Islamic Golden Era such as Al-Hamawi, Al-Qalqashandi and Al-Zamakhshari.[2][3] In the present time, The primary source of lake water is agricultural drainage water, which made some to refer to it as man-made.[4] in 2019, Yellow Lake was declared national nature reserve.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Al-Ahsa's Yellow Lake: Between the present and the future". Arab News. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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  4. ^ Iacoangeli, Chiara (July 2019). "Yellow Lake reservoir offers travelers natural gifts, The Arabian Sun" (PDF). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ "البحيرة الأكبر في الخليج تتحول إلى محمية في الأحساء". العربية (in Arabic). 2019-03-09. Retrieved 2020-12-22.