List of drying lakes
A number of natural lakes throughout the world are drying or completely dry owing to irrigation or urban use diverting inflow.
List
| Lake name | Location | Coordinates | Original size | as of | Reduced size | as of | References |
| Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan | 1960 | 2010 | |||||
| Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria | 1963 | 2015 | |||||
| China | 2020 | ||||||
| Iran | 2021 | ||||||
| Utah, U.S. | 1980s | 2021 | |||||
| Jiangxi, China | 2012 | ||||||
| Bolivia | 0 | 2015 | |||||
| Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia | 1970 | 2024 | |||||
| Irano-Afghan border | 0 | 2002 | |||||
| Xinjiang, China | 1950s | 0 | 1970 | ||||
| California, U.S. | 1880 | 2023 | |||||
| Mexico | 1986 | 2001 | |||||
| Israel, Jordan, and Palestine | 1960 | 2016 | |||||
| Xinjiang, China | 1955 | 2014 | |||||
| California, U.S. | 2003 | 2022 | |||||
| Mali | 1974 | 0 | 2000 | ||||
| Nevada, U.S. | |||||||
| Turkey | 1950s | 0 | 2012 | ||||
| Michoacán, Mexico | 1941 | ||||||
| California, U.S. | 1913 | 0 | 1926 | ||||
| Nevada, U.S. | 1882 | 2005 | |||||
| Xinjiang, China | 1950 | 0 | 1970 | ||||
| California, U.S. | 1941 | 2023 | |||||
| South Australia | |||||||
| Australia | 1975 | 0 | 2000 | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 1900 | 2024 | |||||
| Israel | 1940s | 0 | 1950s |