PHOTOS: Five of the World's Lakes at Risk of Drying Up Completely

[RKP5637]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/world_lakes_drying_up/30646819

Photos at link.

1. Aral Sea
Once the world's fourth largest lake, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea has undergone numerous changes over the centuries, but today it is nearly dried up.

2. Cachuma Lake
Amid the historic drought in California, concerns in Santa Barbara County mount, as the county's main water source, the Cachuma Lake, is rapidly shrinking.

3. Lake Oroumieh
Located in northwestern Iran, near the Turkish border, Lake Oroumieh, one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, is shrinking fast and is subject to drying out entirely within the next two years if actions are not taken to save it, according to an Associated Press article.

4. Dead Sea
The lowest point on Earth, named one of the natural wonders of the world, is dying, the Associated Press reported.

5. Lake Waiau
Declining to only two percent of its normal surface area over the last five years, the Office of Mauna Kea Management and the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife are trying to figure out exactly why Hawaii's Lake Waiau has become almost eradicated.

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. The Dead Sea is dying?

[RKP5637]

5. That ones a play on words, isn't it. lol n/t

[kentauros]

6. Maybe it will rise again

as the Zombi Sea

[Capt. Obvious]

2. The comments are sad

[CurtEastPoint]

4. When you click the names of the posters they are (1) old, grizzled, white (2) Krisschen, (3) Repube

Nastyh fuck.

[redqueen]

3. kick

[amandabeech]

7. The rivers that feed the Aral Sea have been dammed and their waters used for

irrigation and human consumption. The situation has become more critical since the demise of the Soviet Union, and the rise of the 'Stans.