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In the 1970s the rate nearly tripled to 50–60 cm (20–24 in) per annum, and in the 1980s to 80–90 cm (31–35 in) per annum. The amount of water taken for irrigation from the rivers doubled between 1960 and 2000. In the first half of the 20th century prior to the irrigation, the sea's water level above sea level held steady at 53 m.
By 2006, the Aral Sea has separated into two separate bodies of water. In 2009, the right portion of the lake is virtually dry but makes a short-lived comeback in 2010 and 2011. The right half of ...
In the Messinian salinity crisis (also referred to as the Messinian event, and in its latest stage as the Lago Mare event) the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation (drying-up) throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma (million years ago).
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
Water supplies have fallen 75% in Africa as well as in the Middle East as a result of drying—leading not only to shortages of potable water, but also resources needed for sanitation.
After 15 years of a devastating drought, reservoirs in Chile are running dry, imperiling access to drinking water in the Andean nation. The Cogoti reservoir in the Coquimbo region of northern ...
The water in the formerly dry lake bed created the modern lake. ... to dry up, exposing more lake ... a safe eating advisory for fish caught in the Salton Sea based ...
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