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Location
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Size before
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Reduced size
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Lake
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Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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68,000 km2 (26,000 mi2)
|
14,280 km2 (5,510 mi2)
|
Aral Sea
|
|
Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria
|
25,000 km2 (9,700 mi2)
|
2,000 km2 (770 mi2)
|
Lake Chad
|
|
China
|
6,000 km2 (2,300 mi2)
|
4,543 km2 (1,754 mi2)
|
Qinghai Lake
|
|
Iran
|
5,000 km2 (1,900 mi2)
|
2,820 km2 (1,090 mi2)
|
Lake Urmia
|
|
Utah, U.S.
|
4,400 km2 (1,700 mi2)
|
2,500 km2 (950 mi2)
|
Great Salt Lake
|
|
Jiangxi, China
|
3,500 km2 (1,400 mi2)
|
200 km2 (77 mi2)
|
Poyang Lake
|
|
Bolivia
|
3,000 km2 (1,200 mi2)
|
0
|
Lake Poopó
|
|
Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
|
2,500 km2 (970 mi2)
|
1,700 km2 (660 mi2)
|
Lake Chany
|
|
Irano-Afghan border
|
2,000 km2 (770 mi2)
|
0
|
Hamun Lake
|
|
Xinjiang, China
|
2,000 km2 (770 mi2)
|
0
|
Lop Nur
|
|
California, U.S.
|
1,800 km2 (690 mi2)
|
5.2 km2 (2 mi2)
|
Tulare Lake
|
|
Mexico
|
1,048 km2 (405 mi2)
|
812 km2 (314 mi2)
|
Lake Chapala
|
|
Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
|
1,030 km2 (400 mi2)
|
605 km2 (234 mi2)
|
Dead Sea
|
|
Xinjiang, China
|
1,000 km2 (390 mi2)
|
500 km2 (190 mi2)
|
Lake Ebinur
|
|
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Location
|
Size before
|
Reduced size
|
Lake
|
|
California, U.S.
|
940 km2 (363 mi2)
|
832 km2 (321 mi2)
|
Salton Sea
|
|
Mali
|
590 km2 (230 mi2)
|
0
|
Lake Faguibine
|
|
Nevada, U.S.
|
510 km2 (195 mi2)
|
|
Pyramid Lake
|
|
Turkey
|
300–350 km2 (120–140 mi2)
|
0
|
Lake Amik
|
|
Michoacán, Mexico
|
300 km2 (120 mi2)
|
|
Lake Cuitzeo
|
|
California, U.S.
|
280 km2 (110 mi2)
|
0
|
Owens Lake
|
|
Nevada, U.S.
|
280 km2 (107 mi2)
|
130 km2 (50 mi2)
|
Walker Lake
|
|
Xinjiang, China
|
238 km2 (92 mi2)
|
0
|
Alan Nur
|
|
California, U.S.
|
220 km2 (86 mi2)
|
180 km2 (70 mi2)
|
Mono Lake
|
|
South Australia
|
-
|
168 km2 (65 mi2)
|
Lake Albert
|
|
Australia
|
135 km2 (52 mi2)
|
0
|
Lake Hindmarsh
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
60 km2 (23 mi2)
|
7.9 km2 (3.1 mi2)
|
Lake Shalkar
|
|
Israel
|
14 km2 (5.4 mi2)
|
0
|
Lake Hula
|
|