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Drying of Lake Faguibine, Mali

One example of increasing aridity in Mali appears in Lake Faguibine. Starting in the late 1980s, a drop in precipitation steadily dried the lake. Even though normal rainfall resumed after the year 2000, the lake remained nearly dry.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published August 10, 2008

Source:
Landsat 7 > ETM+