Lake Milh

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Lake Milh
From space, June 1996
Lake Milh
Coordinates	32°45′09″N 43°38′06″E / 32.75250°N 43.63500°E / 32.75250; 43.63500
Type	Saline
Primary inflows	Canal from Lake Habbaniyah, ultimately the Euphrates
Primary outflows	Euphrates River
Basin countries	Iraq
Surface area	1,562.34 km2 (603.22 sq mi)

Lake Milh (Arabic: بحيرة ملح, romanized: Bahr al-Milh, lit. 'Sea of Salt'), also known as Lake Razzaza (Arabic: بحيرة الرزازة), is an artificial lake located a few miles west of Karbala, Iraq (32°41′N 43°40′E / 32.683°N 43.667°E / 32.683; 43.667). The lake is located in a depression into which excess water from Lake Habbaniyah, which comes from the Euphrates River, is diverted through a controlled escape channel or canal. The lake is listed as a wetland of international importance.^[1] The lake is rather shallow and the water level changes seasonally. Due to its salt content and changing water level, this largest freshwater^{[contradictory]} lake in Iraq has lost its important stock of fish species and only a few recreational areas exist around the lake.^[1][2]