Ghourygul Wetland is one of the very important environmental resources of the province registered as one of the international protected wetlands in the country. This wetland lies in East Azerbaijan Province 18 kilometers northwest of Bostan Abad County.
Ghourygul wetland is among international registered wetlands in Ramsar Convention. It has national and international importance for a number of aquatic migrating and protected birds in terms of habitat. Hunting was declared illegal in 1994.
Currently, there are supportive programs in this wetland including protecting lake's water and declaring hunting illegal to protect animal species around the lake.
It is a permanent freshwater wetland. Its water is supplied through precipitation, the springs at the bottom of the wetland, and small water flows resulting from melted snow; no river flows into the wetland.