Al-Asfar Lake or Yellow Lake is one of 12 sites that were designated as UNESCO world heritage site within Al-Hasa (the 5th UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
The Lake 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 important wetland shallow lake in the region and is a historic landmark of Al-Hasa which 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, the Lake was declared national nature reserve.

Once accessible only by a 4x4 vehicle, the lake can be explored by normal sedan cars now, thanks to the tracks that have been set up by naturally by off road vehicles over a decade.

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