Any suggestions?
2007-10-21 10:52:24 · 2 answers · asked by shawn. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Just look at the Aral Sea for example. The rivers that feed it (the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya) were diverted by the Soviet Union for irrigation. Eversince the 1960s the Aral Sea has been diminishing. The sea's surface area shrank by approximately 60%, and its volume by 80%. In 1960, the Aral Sea was the world's fourth-largest lake, with an area of approximately 68,000 km² and a volume of 1100 km³; by 1998, it had dropped to 28,687 km², and eighth-largest.
It is obvious that the need for irrigation greatly affected the discharge of the rivers feeding this Sea/Lake.
2007-10-21 14:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over pumping a well can lead to a losing stream in which a river loses discharge to an aquifer that is being pumped.
2007-10-21 11:39:48 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋