List of drying lakes

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Satellite imagery over Iran from 1984 to 2014 revealing Lake Urmia's diminishing surface area.

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

List

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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 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 68,000 km2 (26,000 mi2) 1960 14,280 km2 (5,510 mi2) 2010 [3]
Lake Chad Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 25,000 km2 (9,700 mi2) 1963 2,000 km2 (770 mi2) 2015 [4]
Qinghai Lake China Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 6,000 km2 (2,300 mi2) 4,543 km2 (1,754 mi2) 2020 [5][6][7]
Lake Urmia Iran Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 5,000 km2 (1,900 mi2) 2,820 km2 (1,090 mi2) 2021 [8]
Great Salt Lake Utah, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 4,400 km2 (1,700 mi2) 1980s 2,500 km2 (950 mi2) 2021 [9][10]
Poyang Lake Jiangxi, China Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 3,500 km2 (1,400 mi2) 200 km2 (77 mi2) 2012 [11]
Lake Poopó Bolivia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 3,000 km2 (1,200 mi2) 0 2015 [12]
Lake Chany Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 2,500 km2 (970 mi2) 1970 1,700 km2 (660 mi2) 2024 [13]
Hamun Lake Irano-Afghan border Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 2,000 km2 (770 mi2) 0 2002 [14]
Lop Nur Xinjiang, China Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 2,000 km2 (770 mi2) 1950s 0 1970 [15]
Tulare Lake California, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 1,800 km2 (690 mi2) 1880

5.2 km2 (2 mi2)

2023 [16]
Lake Chapala Mexico Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 1,048 km2 (405 mi2) 1986 812 km2 (314 mi2) 2001 [17]
Dead Sea Israel, Jordan, and Palestine Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 1,030 km2 (400 mi2) 1960 605 km2 (234 mi2) 2016 [18][19]
Lake Ebinur Xinjiang, China Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 1,000 km2 (390 mi2) 1955 500 km2 (190 mi2) 2014 [20][21]
Salton Sea California, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 940 km2 (363 mi2) 2003 832 km2 (321 mi2) 2022 [22][23]
Lake Faguibine Mali Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 590 km2 (230 mi2) 1974 0 2000 [24]
Pyramid Lake Nevada, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 510 km2 (195 mi2) [25][26]
Lake Amik Turkey Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 300–350 km2 (120–140 mi2) 1950s 0 2012 [27]
Lake Cuitzeo Michoacán, Mexico Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 300 km2 (120 mi2) 1941 [28]
Owens Lake California, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 280 km2 (110 mi2) 1913 0 1926 [29]
Walker Lake Nevada, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 280 km2 (107 mi2) 1882 130 km2 (50 mi2) 2005 [30]
Alan Nur Xinjiang, China Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 238 km2 (92 mi2) 1950 0 1970 [31][32]
Mono Lake California, U.S. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 220 km2 (86 mi2) 1941 180 km2 (70 mi2) 2023 [33]
Lake Albert South Australia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 168 km2 (65 mi2) [34][35]
Lake Hindmarsh Australia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 135 km2 (52 mi2) 1975 0 2000 [36]
Lake Shalkar Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 60 km2 (23 mi2) 1900 7.9 km2 (3.1 mi2) 2024 [37]
Lake Hula (he) Israel Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 14 km2 (5.4 mi2) 1940s 0 1950s [38]
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See also

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References

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