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This study aims to reveal the relationship of the expansion of the salt-covered area of Lake Tuz in Turkey with the drought in the region and the change of the groundwater storage. The changes in the salt-covered area in Lake Tuz between 1985 and 2021 (37 years), which have been obtained by August satellite images, are compared with those in groundwater and the 12-month Standardized Precipitation–Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) variations in the lake. The results show that the salt-covered area on the lake surface was most strongly correlated with the SPEI spring (−0.78, t test; p < 0.01) during the period of August 1985–2021, implying that the drought conditions in spring determines 62% of the salt-covered area on the lake in August. The groundwater storage (GWS) in June and July and the salt-covered area in August in Lake Tuz also depict a moderate correlation of −0.60 at 1% significance level from 1985 to 2021. The results illustrate that the SPEI and GWS values decreased, while the salt-covered area on the lake surface expanded in the Lake Tuz Basin over the past 37 years. The trends of the salt-covered area, SPEI, and GWS became especially pronounced after 1999, during which the SPEI change and similar changing trends appeared in the GWS and salt-covered area. These patterns of increase in drought severity and decreasing groundwater storage are expected to increasingly compromise the future of Lake Tuz and cause ecological and environmental problems in the near future.
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Aydin-Kandemir, F., Erlat, E. Assessment of the relationship of the salt-covered area and the groundwater storage/drought indicators in the disappearing Lake Tuz in Turkey (1985–2021). Environ Monit Assess 195, 333 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10793-3
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