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News | National Botanical Garden, Chitgar lake 2018

National Botanical Garden, Chitgar lake 2018
On 29th March, 2018 girls international students were taken to National botanical garden ...

 

On 29th  March, 2018 girls international students were taken to National botanical garden and Chitgar lake. National Botanical Garden of Iran is planned to be the main center for horticulture and plant taxonomy in Iran. A herbarium of Iranian plants (TARI) is gradually being built up and now consists of some 160,000 numbers. Also there are gardens of non-Iranian plants such as Himalayan, American, Japanese, African, and Australian. The garden also contains an arboretum, Six lakes, hills (to represent the Alborz and Zagros mountains and Himalayas), rock garden, a waterfall, a wetland, desert plants areas, a salt lake and a wadi, a river about 1 km long, systematic area, fruit garden, picnic area with some pavilions and other facilities. After visiting National botanical garden international students were taken to Chitgar lake and paid visit of this artificial and recreational beautiful lake. Chitgar Lake also known as the Lake of the Martyrs of the Persian Gulf is located to the north of Chitgar Park in northwestern Tehran, Iran. About 80% of the body of water comes from Kan Creek, and the remaining 20% comes from central areas and surface runoffs of the district.

 

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