Shrinking Lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

As mining and farming intensifies in this dry region, lake levels are dropping.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published April 8, 2015
Data acquired August 30, 2001 - August 20, 2006

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 8 > OLI