[prisoner6]

The same image shows how dramatically the water has receded in just 20 years. The rivers were drained to provide agricultural land

So, the water isn't so much gone as it has been spread out for irrigation rather than concentrated in the lake. I would also guess that would lead to more evaporation which would also reduce the level of the lake.

prisoner6

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1291433/Shocking-extent-mans-impact-worlds-water.html#ixzz0sWiw309O

[riri]

Isn’t water pretty much a zero sum game?