List of drying lakes

A number of natural lakes throughout the world are drying or completely dry owing to irrigation or urban use diverting inflow.

List

+List of drying lakesLake nameLocationCoordinatesOriginal sizeas ofReduced sizeas ofReferencesKazakhstan and Uzbekistan19602010Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria19632015China2020Iran2021Utah, U.S.1980s2021Jiangxi, China2012Bolivia02015Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia19702024ОЗЕРО ЧАНЫ — УНИКАЛЬНЫЙ ВОДОЕМ ЗАПАДНОЙ СИБИРИIrano-Afghan border02002Xinjiang, China1950s01970California, U.S.18802023Mexico19862001Israel, Jordan, and Palestine19602016Xinjiang, China19552014California, U.S.20032022Mali197402000Nevada, U.S.Turkey1950s02012Michoacán, Mexico1941California, U.S.191301926Nevada, U.S.18822005Xinjiang, China195001970California, U.S.19412023South AustraliaAustralia197502000Kazakhstan19002024Israel1940s01950s

See also Lists of lakes Dry lake

References