Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Palestine

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Sub-Saharan Africa

The map shows three examples of lake desiccation: Lake Chad, near Chad’s border with Niger; Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran; and the Aral Sea, on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In all three, the lake’s current extent is dramatically smaller than its historic extent.. The historic extent is shown in orange, while the current extent is depicted in blue.

Lakes that have been shrinking from climate change, human activities, or combinations of both

Lake Desiccation

World

Natural Earth

Chile

Latin America

United States

North America

A world map shows iodine mining locations marked by purple circles with "I O." Key areas include the United States (Oklahoma, northern New Jersey) and the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.

Iodine Mines

USGS

Australia

Australia & Oceania

A map highlights selected native land reserves in Australia, marked in orange. These areas are concentrated in the northern and central parts of Australia.

Land set aside for native or aboriginal groups in Australia

Selected Native Land Reserves (Australia)

nature

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

Lake Desiccation		Iodine Mines	Selected Native Land Reserves (Australia)
Historic extent	Current extent	Iodine Mines	Selected Native Land Reserves (Australia)
6.94%
	2.01%
1.04%
		13
		17
			1.22%