About Solduz

About Solduz

To put it simply, a wetland is a place involving the features of an aquatic and terrestrial environment simultaneously, that is, we can observe both trees and fish in wetlands all together. Water is the main component of wetland’s environment. Wetlands are typically formed when bodies of water are at or near the surface of land. In other words, shallow water covers a large area of the land. Wetlands may be created naturally or artificially. Examples of wetlands include swamps, marshlands, ponds, lakes behind dam, etc.

Solduz Wetland

This wetland is a man-made wetland and was created in 2001 by the construction of an embankment on the Gadarchay River between Lake Urmia and the current location of the wetland created by people. The water of this wetland is supplied by Gadarchay river and an important part of outlet of drainage channel of Hasanlu reservoir dam.