List of drying lakes explained

A number of natural lakes throughout the world are drying or completely dry due to irrigation or urban use diverting inflow.[1] [2]

List

List of drying lakes
Lake nameLocationdata-sort-type=numberCoordinatesOriginal sizeas ofReduced sizeas ofReferences
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan68000abbr=onNaNabbr=on196014280abbr=onNaNabbr=on2010[3]
Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria22000abbr=onNaNabbr=on1966300abbr=onNaNabbr=on2006[4]
China6000abbr=onNaNabbr=on4543abbr=onNaNabbr=on2020[5] [6] [7]
Iran5000abbr=onNaNabbr=on2820abbr=onNaNabbr=on2021[8]
Utah, U.S.1700mi21980s950mi22021[9] [10]
Jiangxi, China3500abbr=onNaNabbr=on200abbr=onNaNabbr=on2012[11]
Bolivia3000abbr=onNaNabbr=on02015[12]
Irano-Afghan border2000abbr=onNaNabbr=on02002[13]
Xinjiang, China2000abbr=onNaNabbr=on1950s01970[14]
California, U.S.690mi218802mi22023[15]
Mexico1048abbr=onNaNabbr=on1986812abbr=onNaNabbr=on2001[16]
Israel, Jordan, and Palestine1030abbr=onNaNabbr=on1960605abbr=onNaNabbr=on2016[17] [18]
Xinjiang, China1000abbr=onNaNabbr=on1955500abbr=onNaNabbr=on2014[19] [20]
California, U.S.940km22003832abbr=onNaNabbr=on2022[21] [22]
Mali590abbr=onNaNabbr=on197402000[23]
Nevada, U.S.195mi2[24] [25]
Turkey300-1950s02012[26]
Michoacán, Mexico300abbr=onNaNabbr=on1941[27]
California, U.S.280abbr=onNaNabbr=on191301926[28]
Nevada, U.S.107mi2188250mi22005[29]
Xinjiang, China238abbr=onNaNabbr=on195001970[30]
California, U.S.86mi2194166mi22015[31]
South Australia168abbr=onNaNabbr=on[32] [33]
Australia135abbr=onNaNabbr=on197502000[34]
Kazakhstan60abbr=onNaNabbr=on19007.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on2024[35]
Israel14abbr=onNaNabbr=on1940s01950s[36]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Beacon Press. 2006. 9780807085738.
  2. Wurtsbaugh. W. Miller. C. Null. S. et al. Decline of the world's saline lakes. Nature Geoscience. 10. 816–821. 2017. 11. 10.1038/ngeo3052. 2017NatGe..10..816W.
  3. Gaybullaev. B. Chen. SC. Gaybullaev. D. Changes in water volume of the Aral Sea after 1960. Appl Water Sci. 2. 285–291. 2012. 4. 10.1007/s13201-012-0048-z. 2012ApWS....2..285G. 129498432. free.
  4. Book: Africa's Lakes: Atlas of our changing environment. UNEP. 2006. 9789280726947.
  5. News: Qinghai Lake splits due to deterioration. Chinadaily.com.cn. 2004-02-24. 2021-08-09.
  6. News: http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-05/21/c_1126014169.htm. zh:青海湖面积较上年同期增大28平方公里. Xinhua News. 21 May 2020. 13 August 2020. 4 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210504132902/http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-05/21/c_1126014169.htm. dead.
  7. Encyclopedia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Koko-Nor. Koko Nor. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021-12-02.
  8. News: The return of a once-dying lake. Peter. Schwartzstein. 25 February 2021. BBC.
  9. Web site: Record Low for Great Salt Lake. Michael. Carlowicz. NASA Earth Observatory. August 18, 2021.
  10. News: As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An 'Environmental Nuclear Bomb'. New York Times. June 9, 2022. Christopher. Flavelle.
  11. News: China's largest freshwater lake dries up. The Guardian. 2012-01-31. Thibault. Harold.
  12. Web site: Lake Poopó: why Bolivia's second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back. January 11, 2021. J. Torres-Batlló. B. Marti-Cardona. The Conversation.
  13. Web site: From Wetland to Wasteland: the destruction of the Hamoun Oasis. Earth Observatory. NASA. 2002-12-13. John. Weier.
  14. Encyclopedia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Lop-Nur. Lop Nur. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2021-11-26.
  15. News: Lake that Disappeared. Dennis. Wyatt. Manteca/Ripon Bulletin. 2021-08-28.
  16. Web site: Shrinking Lake Chapala. September 14, 2003. NASA. Earth Observatory.
  17. Encyclopedia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Dead-Sea. Dead Sea. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021-11-28.
  18. News: The Dead Sea Is Dying Fast: Is It Too Late to Save It, or Was It Always a Lost Cause? . Haaretz . 7 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222185808/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/1.746258 . 22 December 2016 . dead .
  19. Web site: Shrinking Lake Ebinur. Earth Observatory. 25 November 2014. NASA. 2021-12-01.
  20. Web site: Lake shrinks, desert expands. China.org.cn. Zhang. Ming'ai. November 30, 2007.
  21. News: Salton Sea could be worse than Owens Lake. Antoine. Abou-Diwan. 2013-09-10. Imperial Valley Press.
  22. Web site: Current Information on the Salton Sea. Pacific Institute. 2022-07-14.
  23. Web site: Drying of Lake Faguibine, Mali. August 10, 2008. NASA. Earth Observatory.
  24. Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project Nevada, General Reevaluation Report. US Army Corps of Engineers. 1. 9. May 2013. 2018-11-02.
  25. Web site: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 2021-11-30.
  26. Çalişkan. V. Human-Induced Wetland Degradation: A case study of Lake Amik. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213140454/http://balwois.com/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-1144.pdf . 13 February 2012. Balwois.
  27. News: What was Mexico's second largest lake now a cemetery of abandoned fishboats. Mexico News Daily. April 22, 2021.
  28. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102. D22. 25999–26008. 1997. Dust deposition downwind of Owens (Dry) Lake, 1991-1994. MC. Reheis. 10.1029/97JD01967. free.
  29. Web site: Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada. USGS. Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5012. TJ. Lopes. J. LaRue Smith. Reston, Virginia.
  30. Weiming. Cheng. Chenghu. Zhou. Jianxin. Li. Research on evolution of Manas Lakes in Xinjiang over last 50 years. 2005. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
  31. Web site: Quick Facts About Mono Lake. Mono Lake Committee. 2011-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190820120342/http://www.monolake.org/about/stats. 2019-08-20. dead.
  32. News: South Australia seeks more Murray River flow from upstream states to fight Lake Albert salinity. ABC Online. 2014-09-02.
  33. Web site: Morelli. J. Search result for 'The Coorong, Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert – SA063'. Australian Wetland Database. Australian government. 5 January 2018. 1995.
  34. News: Ker. Peter. Parched lake may end 15-year dry. 2016-09-20. The Age. 2011-01-25.
  35. News: Impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on water and biological resources of Lake Shalkar, western Kazakhstan. Institute of Forest Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024-05-07.
  36. News: Pioneering Israelis Parted the 'Sea,' but It Proved an Ecological Mistake : Mideast: Zionists drained a lake and wetlands 40 years ago, transforming a swamp into the Hula Valley. But few crops grew well here, and pollution followed. October 24, 1993. Associated press. Arieh. O’Sullivan.

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