Al-Asfar_Lake
Al-Asfar Lake
Lake in Saudi Arabia
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.[2] 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.[3][4] In the present time, The primary source of lake water is agricultural drainage water, which made some to refer to it as man-made.[5] in 2019, Yellow Lake was declared national nature reserve.[6]