Related to Ahvaz city (located in Khuzestan province)
Also known as: Hoor-ol-Azim Wetland, Hawizeh Marshes, Hoor-ol Hoveyzeh, Hoorolazim Protected Area, Hurolazim Lagoon
The length of Hoor-ol-Azim wetland is about 100 km. and its width is between 15-75 km. It is limited from west by the Tigris River and form the east by the flat plains of Iran. Throughout, the Hoor is covered by reeds. The depth of the water towards the sides is shallow while in the center it is more than 7 m. Special canoes can be used in this wetland. ...
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
The Hawizeh Marshes are a complex of marshes that straddle the Iraq and Iran border. The marshes are fed by two branches of the Tigris River (the Al-Musharrah and Al-Kahla) in Iraq and Karkheh River in Iran. | Copyright: Jamal Zobeidi
The Hawizeh marsh is critical to the survival of the Central and Hammar marshes, which also make up the Mesopotamian Marshes, because they are a refuge for species that may recolonize or reproduce in the other marshlands. The Hawizeh Marshes are drained by the Al-Kassarah.
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq. | Copyright: Jamal Zobeidi
The marshes started a long time ago. Around 5,000 years ago, the marshes started by the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates by collision impact. These rivers flooded the land to create the marshes and started a new ecosystem with new animals, birds, fish and plants.
The Hawizeh marsh is critical to the survival of the Central and Hammar marshes, which also make up the Mesopotamian Marshes, because they are a refuge for species that may recolonize or reproduce in the other marshlands. The Hawizeh Marshes are drained by the Al-Kassarah. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
The area where the fresh waters gets to the marshes is far away from the cities. The marshes make a safe home for thousands of migrant animals and birds like “wild squirrels, white eagle, hawks, brown dukes and squirrels every year. So it is a safe home to a lot different kinds of migrant animals who come to raise their young there. | Copyright: Jamal Zobeidi
The Hawizeh Marshes are a complex of marshes that straddle the Iraq and Iran border. The marshes are fed by two branches of the Tigris River (the Al-Musharrah and Al-Kahla) in Iraq and Karkheh River in Iran. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq.
The area where the fresh waters gets to the marshes is far away from the cities. The marshes make a safe home for thousands of migrant animals and birds like “wild squirrels, white eagle, hawks, brown dukes and squirrels every year. So it is a safe home to a lot different kinds of migrant animals who come to raise their young there. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
Hawizeh Marshes (Hurolazim)
The marshes started a long time ago. Around 5,000 years ago, the marshes started by the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates by collision impact. These rivers flooded the land to create the marshes and started a new ecosystem with new animals, birds, fish and plants. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
Hawizeh Marshes near Hoveizeh (Khuzestan Province)
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq.
Hawizeh Marshes (Khuzestan Province)
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq.
Hoorolazim pond near Ahvaz (Khuzestan Province)
The Hawizeh Marshes are a complex of marshes that straddle the Iraq and Iran border. The marshes are fed by two branches of the Tigris River (the Al-Musharrah and Al-Kahla) in Iraq and Karkheh River in Iran. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
In the south west of Iran and the south east of Iraq, the Hawizeh and Hammar Marshes are made up of many smalls cities. These cities in the marshes are part of both countries with no border that separates them. So the people can move between Iraq marshes and Iran by the small boats. | Copyright: Milad Hamadi
The marshes started a long time ago. Around 5,000 years ago, the marshes started by the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates by collision impact. These rivers flooded the land to create the marshes and started a new ecosystem with new animals, birds, fish and plants.
The Hawizeh Marshes are a complex of marshes that straddle the Iraq and Iran border. The marshes are fed by two branches of the Tigris River (the Al-Musharrah and Al-Kahla) in Iraq and Karkheh River in Iran.
The Hawizeh marsh is critical to the survival of the Central and Hammar marshes, which also make up the Mesopotamian Marshes, because they are a refuge for species that may recolonize or reproduce in the other marshlands. The Hawizeh Marshes are drained by the Al-Kassarah.
Hoorolazim pond near Ahwaz (Khuzestan Province)
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq.
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq.
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq. | Copyright: Mehdi Pedramkhoo
Hoorolazim Wetlands near Soosangerd (Khuzestan Province)
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq.
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq. | Copyright: Mehdi Pedramkhoo
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq. | Copyright: Mehdi Pedramkhoo
Hurolazim pond is the biggest wetland of Iranian and Khouzestan Province. It is located on Iran-Iraq border and about one third of the pond is in Iran and the rest in Iraq. | Copyright: Mehdi Pedramkhoo
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