Sawa Lake (Ramsar Site no. 2240)

Endorheic gypsum-rimmed lake near Al-Samawa in Muthanna Governorate, fed only by karst groundwater, designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance on 3 March 2014 (site no. 2240) and home to globally vulnerable species. A protected wetland (note: the lake has largely dried up since 2022); as a designated Ramsar conservation site, extractive activity including spearfishing should be regarded as restricted.