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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead
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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead

In May 2016, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam reached its lowest level since the 1930s.

Published May 27, 2016

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A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell
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A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell

Heavy winter and spring snowfall provided much-needed meltwater, but the effects of long-term drought mean the lake is nowhere near its highs from the 1980s and 90s.

Published Oct 1, 2019

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Water Level Changes in Lake Mead
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Water Level Changes in Lake Mead

In August 2010, Lake Mead reached its lowest level since 1956, the result of a persistent drought and increasing human demand.

Published Sep 23, 2010

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Lake Mead Still Shrinking
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Lake Mead Still Shrinking

Ongoing drought and diminished snowpack in the Rockies have combined with increasing demands downstream to cause the great reservoir to drop to historically low levels.

Published Aug 1, 2014

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Lake Powell, Utah
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Lake Powell, Utah

In the early twenty-first century, Lake Powell faced the combined threats of drought and rapid water withdrawals.

Published May 13, 2009

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Losses in Lake Mead
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Losses in Lake Mead

The water within a large, key reservoir in the southwestern United States has fallen to levels not seen since the 1930s.

Published Aug 18, 2015

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Lake Powell Half Empty
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Lake Powell Half Empty

In spring 2014, visitors to Lake Powell will find beaches and rock formations that are usually underwater. After several years of drought, the reservoir has dropped below 50 percent capacity.

Published May 22, 2014

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Lake Powell Low Despite Spring Snow
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Lake Powell Low Despite Spring Snow

The last decade has been rough for the reservoir at the heart of the intricate water storage system that sustains the American Southwest.

Published May 10, 2013

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April 2010 Water Level in Lake Powell
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April 2010 Water Level in Lake Powell

This April 7, 2010, image from Landsat 5 shows water levels in Lake Powell on the Colorado River.

Published May 12, 2010

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Lake Mead by the Seasons
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Lake Mead by the Seasons

In this reservoir along the Colorado River at the Arizona-Nevada border, water levels rise and fall with the seasons each year.

Published Oct 18, 2019

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Rare Filling of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
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Rare Filling of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

Floodwaters have worked their way through a series of parched channels, watering holes, and lagoons to start filling the iconic Australian lake.

Published May 28, 2019

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A Tale of Contrasting Rift Valley Lakes
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A Tale of Contrasting Rift Valley Lakes

Long and short. Deep and shallow. Salty and fresh. Blue and brown. These are Africa’s Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa.

Published Jun 20, 2019

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Mono Lake, California
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Mono Lake, California

Published Jan 13, 2008

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Shrinking Lake Chapala
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Shrinking Lake Chapala

Published Sep 14, 2003

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Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca, at an elevation of 12,507 feet (3,812 meters) in the Andean Altiplano, is the highest large lake in the world. More than 120 miles long and 50 miles wide, it was the center of the Incan civilization, and today straddles the boundary between Peru and Bolivia.

Published Dec 22, 2003

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Lake Eyre Filling Peaks
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Lake Eyre Filling Peaks

By mid-June 2009, the rare filling of this lake in Australia’s Simpson Desert appeared to have reached its peak.

Published Jun 21, 2009

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Lake Chapala, Mexico
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Lake Chapala, Mexico

Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle and Space Station have tracked regional environmental changes spanning decades. Lake Chapala, Mexico’s largest lake, serves as one example of an area experiencing significant changes that have been well documented from space. Over the past twenty years, the lake’s water levels have decreased in conjunction with increasing development from the fast-growing city of Guadalajara.

Published Aug 30, 2004

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Red Lake Urmia
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Red Lake Urmia

When the water gets saltier in Iran’s largest lake, the microscopic inhabitants can turn the water dark red.

Published Jul 26, 2016

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Flooding around Manchhar Lake, Pakistan
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Flooding around Manchhar Lake, Pakistan

Acquired September 15, 2010, this natural-color image shows flooding along the northern and eastern margins of Pakistan’s Manchhar Lake.

Published Sep 17, 2010

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