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The aim of the current research is to investigate the effects of the Urmia Lake causeway on salinity changes and bed changes caused by salt deposition with the help of modeling using Mike3 Flow Model FM, in order to help the recovery of Urmia Lake. In recent years, the balance between available water resources and water consumption in the catchment area of Lake Urmia has been severely disrupted due to human factors such as the construction of dams on rivers and crossings in the lake and natural factors such as climate change. Lake Urmia is located in the northwest of Iran. The length of this lake is about 140 km and its width varies from 15 to 60 km, and its average depth has now reached...