Anthropogenic Drought on Cuyamaca Lake
by Alexandre Martinez, UCI, Irvine, United States of America
Cuyamaca Lake is a reservoir created in 1888 to supply water to San Diego. Here we can see in red the extent of the lake during the rainy winter 2016 and how it shrinks during the year due to the heavy water withdrawl.
Taken on 15
December
2017
Submitted on 16 Feb 2018
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- North America (734)
- Northern America (576)
- United States of America (386)
- Exact location (-116.5758 W, 32.9852 N)
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lake, irrigation, drought, california
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Credit: Alexandre Martinez (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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