Dried up lake

Description:

Lake Koronia (also known as Aghios Vasilios lake)near Thessaloniki, Greece, completely dried up in November 2009. The lake had an area of 450 km2 and a depth of up to 5 m during the 70s, and had shrunk to 100 km 2 with a depth 0.5-1 m during the beginning of the 2000s. Here it is completely dried up. The shrinkage and drying are the result of field irrigation.

Credit:

Kostas Kourtidis , Demokritus University of Thrace , Xanthi - Greece

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When:

Taken on Μάρτιος 13, 2010 and submitted on

Sections:

• Hydrological Sciences (15 images)

Categories:

• Field (245 images)

Camera:

Panasonic

Model:

Lumix DMC-FZ8