Environment Counts | Impact of water diversion on inland seas: Lake Orumiyeh

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Impact of water diversion on inland seas: Lake Orumiyeh

Author: Geoff Zeiss – Published At: 2011-11-12 23:22 – (1242 Reads)

Lake Orumiyeh is one of the world’s largest landlocked salt lakes with a surface area of 5,200 km2. These images only 13 years apart are an example of the dramatic changes that are affecting water bodies in Asia.

Large scale water diversion projects around the world have changed the world’s landscape as visible from space. The most dramatic example of which is the incredible shrinking of the Aral Sea, where an entire fishing industry disappeared as a result.

Lake Orumiyeh is in northeastern Iran. The images were taken in August 1998 and August 2011 and the shrinking of the lake is almost as striking as the Aral Sea. Some 60 streams and rivers feed Lake Orumiyeh. The shrinking has been attributed to population growth, diversion of rivers for agriculture, and climate change.

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