Al-Asfar Lake

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. Al-Asfar lake is one of the most important wetland shallow lakes in the region. The lake is a historic landmark of Al-Hasa, and was mentioned by some historians of the Abbasid and Islamic Golden Era such as Al-Hamawi, Al-Qalqashandi and Al-Zamakhshari. In the present time, The primary source of lake water is agricultural drainage water, which made some to refer to it as man-made. in 2019, Yellow Lake was declared national nature reserve.