Alendan lake explained

Alendan lake
Pushpin Map:	Iran
Coordinates:	36.2247°N 53.4594°W
Type:	lake
Inflow:	rain
Outflow:	none
Area:	17ha30ha
Cities:	Alendan, Sari
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 14

Alendan lake (fa|دریاچهٔ الندان) is a lake with 17 hectare span located in Sari County. This lake belongs to Quaternary era and has recorded in The national index of Iran in 2015.^{[1] [2] [3]}

This lake is also called Pelle Azni because of the nearby village, Azni. The lake has a 70 km distance from Sari and is located on Sari-Semnan road. (About two hour way from Semnan)^[4] The lake is 1200 m higher than sea level.^[5]

This lake is the main source of water for paddy fields of near villages like Azni, Mazarostaq, Konta, Didu and Zalam.^[6] However no river water comes to the lake, rain full fills the lake.^[7]

Plenty of various trees, including Carpinus betulus, oak, Ulmus glabra and Tilia, surrounded the lake.^[8]

See also

• Lake Urmia
• Dokhaharan lake

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alendan lake of Sari. Makanbin. 17 November 2016. fa. 9 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130709235333/http://www.makanbin.com/mazandaran/?place=%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C. dead.
2. Web site: report of Alendan lake. Mehr news. 17 November 2016. fa. 2012.
3. Web site: Raghimi. Reza. Alendan lake. ISNA. 17 November 2016. fa. 2013.
4. Web site: Alendan lake to Semnan. Tishineh. 18 November 2016.
5. Web site: Alendan lake. See Iran. 18 November 2016. fa.
6. Web site: Where is Alendan lake?. YJC. 18 November 2016. fa. 2014.
7. Web site: Alendan lake. Sari City. 18 November 2016. fa. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118225820/http://www.saricity.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=2&PageId=926&PageIDF=0&tempname=electronic. 18 November 2016. dead.
8. Web site: Images from Alendan lake. Fararu. 18 November 2016. fa. 2012.