Lake Bakhtegān

Lake Bakhtegan occupies a broad inland basin east of Shiraz. Its shallow, saline waters receive the Kur River at the western end, while the Sahlabad spring enters from the south. Rain and mountain snow cause the lake to expand and retreat; in wet years it may join neighbouring Lake Tashk. Flamingos and other waterbirds gather around the lake, its islands and the marshes of the lower Kur.