{"id":11489,"date":"2017-02-06T10:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T10:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=11489"},"modified":"2017-02-06T10:26:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T10:26:25","slug":"musa-bay-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/musa-bay-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Musa Bay, Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11490\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11490\" src=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Musa_Bay_Iran_node_full_image_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"591\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Musa_Bay_Iran_node_full_image_2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Musa_Bay_Iran_node_full_image_2-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Iran\u2019s Musa Bay on the northern end of the Persian Gulf is pictured in this image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite on 13 January 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Near the centre, we can see the port city of Bandar Imam Khomeini, situated at the terminus of the Trans-Iranian Railway \u2013 a route that links the Persian Gulf with Iran\u2019s capital, Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The dark area to the right of the port is Musa Bay, a shallow estuary. The large geometric structures along the top appear to be evaporation ponds for extracting naturally occurring minerals from the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The left side of the image is dominated by the marshes and mudflats of the Shadegan wildlife refuge. It is the largest wetland in Iran, and plays a significant role in the natural ecology of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The area provides a wintering habitat for a wide variety of migratory birds, and is the most important site in the world for a rare species of aquatic bird: the marbled duck. The northern part of the wetland is a vital freshwater habitat for many endangered species.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This area is considered a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty for the sustainable use of wetlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">World Wetlands Day is observed every year on 2 February.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Musa Bay on the northern end of the Persian Gulf is pictured in this image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite on 13 January 2017. 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