List of drying lakes

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

Dead Sea in Palestine, Jordan, and Israel[3]
Hamun Lake on the Irano-Afghan border[4]
Salton Sea in California, U.S.[5]
Lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria[6]
Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan[7]
Tulare Lake in California, U.S.[8]
Lake Urmia in Iran[9]
Owens Lake in California, U.S.[10]
Walker Lake in Nevada, U.S.[11]
Pyramid Lake in Nevada. [12]
Mono Lake in California, U.S.[13]
Fucine Lake in Italy (fully drained during the 19th century)
Poyang Lake in Jiangxi, China[14]
Qinghai Lake in China
White Bear Lake in Minnesota, U.S.[15] ->White Bear Lake water levels have since been restored. [16]
Lake Meredith in Texas, U.S.[17]
Lake Albert in South Australia[18]
Lake Hindmarsh in Australia[19]
Lake Poopó in Bolivia[20]
Lake Copais, in Boeotia, Greece
Lake George, in New South Wales, Australia[21]
Nainital Lake, in Uttarakhand, India[22]
Bakhtegan Lake in Iran
Lake Amik in Turkey
Lake Faguibine in Mali[23]
Lake Chapala in Mexico[24]
Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona, U.S.[25]
Great Salt Lake in Utah, U.S.[26]

References

Pearce, Fred (2006). When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Beacon Press.
Hammer, U.T. (1986). Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World. 59. Springer. p. 61.
Spencer, Richard (2009-10-10). "Jordan to refill shrinking Dead Sea with salt water". The Telegraph.
Partov, Hassan (1998). "Lake Hamoun". United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): DEWA/GRID Europe. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
Abou-Diwan, Antoine (2013-09-10). "Salton Sea could be worse than Owens Lake". Imperial Valley Press.
"Vanishing Lake Chad — A Water Crisis in Central Africa". Circle of Blue. 2008-06-24.
"Aral Sea 'one of the planet's worst environmental disasters'". The Telegraph. 2010-04-05.
Brewer, Chris (2004). Historic Tulare County: A Sesquicentennial History, 1852–2002. p. 54.
"Iran's largest lake turning to salt". Associated Press. 2011-05-25.
Sahaguin, Louis (2006-12-07). "In Owens Valley, water again flows" (PDF). Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
Chereb, Sandra (2009-04-29). "Loon festival canceled - lake is drying up". Associated Press.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project Nevada, General Reevaluation Report (PDF) (Report). 1. US Army Corps of Engineers. May 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
"History of the Mono Lake Committee". Mono Lake Committee.
Thibault, Harold (2012-01-31). "China's largest freshwater lake dries up". The Guardian.
"Fight over groundwater pumping follows white bear restrictions". StarTribune. 2018-05-20.
https://www.startribune.com/in-white-bear-lake-what-s-old-the-waterfront-is-new-again/490687721/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Blackburn, Elliott (2011-01-13). "Lubbock water supplier switches off pumps at Lake Meredith to preserve what's left". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
"South Australia seeks more Murray River flow from upstream states to fight Lake Albert salinity". ABC Online. 2014-09-02.
Ker, Peter (2011-01-25). "Parched lake may end 15-year dry". The Age. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
"Lake Poopo dries up". Reuters. 2015-12-17.
Woodford, James (30 November 2002). "Getting to the bottom of the Lake George mystery". Sydney Morning Herald.
Upadhyay, Vineet (May 26, 2017). "Naini lake drying up, experts worried, tourists dismayed". Times of India.
"Drying of Lake Faguibine, Mali". Earth Observatory. NASA. August 10, 2008.
von Bertrab, Etienne (October 1, 2003). "Guadalajara's water crisis and the fate of Lake Chapala: a reflection of poor water management in Mexico". Environment and Urbanization. 15 (2): 127–140. doi:10.1177/095624780301500204.
"Shrinking Lake Mead Water Levels Could Trigger Official Shortage". Arizona Public Media. 1 February 2017.
Water Strategies for Great Salt Lake (PDF). Great Salt Lake Advisory Council (Report). 17 July 2020.

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[1] Pearce, Fred (2006). When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Beacon Press.

[2] Hammer, U.T. (1986). Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World. 59. Springer. p. 61.

[3] Spencer, Richard (2009-10-10). "Jordan to refill shrinking Dead Sea with salt water". The Telegraph.

[4] Partov, Hassan (1998). "Lake Hamoun". United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): DEWA/GRID Europe. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 24 September 2010.

[5] Abou-Diwan, Antoine (2013-09-10). "Salton Sea could be worse than Owens Lake". Imperial Valley Press.

[6] "Vanishing Lake Chad — A Water Crisis in Central Africa". Circle of Blue. 2008-06-24.

[7] "Aral Sea 'one of the planet's worst environmental disasters'". The Telegraph. 2010-04-05.

[8] Brewer, Chris (2004). Historic Tulare County: A Sesquicentennial History, 1852–2002. p. 54.

[9] "Iran's largest lake turning to salt". Associated Press. 2011-05-25.

[10] Sahaguin, Louis (2006-12-07). "In Owens Valley, water again flows" (PDF). Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

[11] Chereb, Sandra (2009-04-29). "Loon festival canceled - lake is drying up". Associated Press.

[USACE2013-12] Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project Nevada, General Reevaluation Report (PDF) (Report). 1. US Army Corps of Engineers. May 2013. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-11-02.

[13] "History of the Mono Lake Committee". Mono Lake Committee.

[14] Thibault, Harold (2012-01-31). "China's largest freshwater lake dries up". The Guardian.

[15] "Fight over groundwater pumping follows white bear restrictions". StarTribune. 2018-05-20.

[16] ttps://www.startribune.com/in-white-bear-lake-what-s-old-the-waterfront-is-new-again/490687721/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[17] Blackburn, Elliott (2011-01-13). "Lubbock water supplier switches off pumps at Lake Meredith to preserve what's left". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

[18] "South Australia seeks more Murray River flow from upstream states to fight Lake Albert salinity". ABC Online. 2014-09-02.

[19] Ker, Peter (2011-01-25). "Parched lake may end 15-year dry". The Age. Retrieved 2016-09-20.

[20] "Lake Poopo dries up". Reuters. 2015-12-17.

[woodford-21] Woodford, James (30 November 2002). "Getting to the bottom of the Lake George mystery". Sydney Morning Herald.

[22] Upadhyay, Vineet (May 26, 2017). "Naini lake drying up, experts worried, tourists dismayed". Times of India.

[23] "Drying of Lake Faguibine, Mali". Earth Observatory. NASA. August 10, 2008.

[24] von Bertrab, Etienne (October 1, 2003). "Guadalajara's water crisis and the fate of Lake Chapala: a reflection of poor water management in Mexico". Environment and Urbanization. 15 (2): 127–140. doi:10.1177/095624780301500204.

[25] "Shrinking Lake Mead Water Levels Could Trigger Official Shortage". Arizona Public Media. 1 February 2017.

[26] Water Strategies for Great Salt Lake (PDF). Great Salt Lake Advisory Council (Report). 17 July 2020.

List of drying lakes

See also

References