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List of drying lakes Lake name Location Coordinates Original size as of Reduced size as of References Aral Sea: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: 68,000 km 2 (26,000 sq mi) 1960 14,280 km 2 (5,510 sq mi) 2010 [3] Lake Chad: Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria
Climate change 's hotter temperatures and society's diversion of water have been shrinking the world's lakes by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s, a new study finds. A ...
The film was first screened at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, in 2012 and was available on the website waterunites-ca.org [89] and on Alfred Diebold's YouTube channel waterunitesca. [90] In October 2013, Al Jazeera produced a documentary film called People of the Lake, directed by Ensar Altay, describing the current situation. [91]
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of ... salt lakes around the world are shrinking due to excessive water diversion, ...
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking rapidly and Utah has failed to stop it, a new lawsuit says. JESSE BEDAYN. September 6, 2023 at 5:06 PM ... citing past instances of lakes drying up across the world.
The plaintiffs want a court to force the state to let more water reach the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River. The Great Salt Lake is shrinking rapidly, and Utah has failed to stop ...
Articles relating to shrunken lakes, still extant natural lakes that have permanently shrunk considerably in size over time, possibly to the point where they have been divided into two or more smaller lakes. Shrunken lakes include not only lakes that have shrunk in recorded history, but also are known to have shrunk in prehistory.
The mysterious Lake Sawa in southern Iraq was once a very popular destination for tourists who came from far and wide to visit. They journeyed there with hopes of healing and for religious and ...