Photographs from the International Space Station show how small changes in precipitation can affect the lake’s depth and area. Sitting high in the Bolivian Andes, the saline lake is particularly vulnerable to fluctuations because it is shallow-typically no more than 3 meters (9 feet) deep. It is a remote place, 7 hours of car far from. In that case, it took several years for water to return, and even longer for ecosystems to recover.Īt times, Lake Poopó has spanned an area approaching 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 square miles). Lake Natron is located in the African Rift Valley at about 600 meters above sea level, near the Kenya border. This is not the first time that Poopó has evaporated the lake last dried up in 1994. Su superficie aproximada es de 600-800 km, aunque puede llegar a alcanzar los 1040 km, y de l se extraen sales de cloro, sodio y magnesio. Junto a l se encuentra el estratovolcn Ol Doinyo Lengai. 2 The southern half of Lake Natron (top). Lake Natron in Tanzania is one of the most serene lakes in Africa, but its also the source of some of the most phantasmagorical photographs ever captured. El lago Natron es un lago salado endorreico africano localizado en el Gran Valle del Rift, en Tanzania, en la frontera con Kenia. 1 The lake is within the Lake Natron Basin, a Ramsar Site wetland of international significance. It is in the Gregory Rift, which is the eastern branch of the East African Rift. But more than a month into the 2015-16 wet season, drought persists. Lake Natron is a salt or alkaline lake located in north Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region in Tanzania. In a typical year, rainfall during the wet season (December through March) recharges the lake directly and via increased inflow from the Desaguadero River. Turn on the image comparison tool to see the change. Lago Natron, Tanzania, Kenia Se encuentra en el Gran Valle de Rift, en Tanzania, frica, cuenta con una superficie. OLI acquired the second image in January 2016, by which time the lake had dried up. The top image, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows the lake in April 2013 when it still held water. News reports blame recurrent drought and the diversion of the lake’s water sources for mining and agriculture. Lake Poopó-once Bolivia’s second-largest lake and an important fishing resource for local communities-has essentially dried up.
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