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Zarivar Lake
Zarivar Lake. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Lake Zarivār (Persian: زریوار), is a lake in the Zagros Mountains, within Kurdistan province of western Iran. It is vital to the local economy for tourism, irrigation, and fishing purposes.

It is also known as lake Zaribar. In local Sorani Kurdish it is known as the lake Zrewar or Zrêbar or Zrêwar, زرێبار. In documents dating to the Qajar era (~1800s) it is sometimes recorded as Zerehbar and Zarbar.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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