MAPPING AND MONITORING LAKES WITH SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS (Part 2)
Abstract
The study carried out mapping of three lakes located in the Southern Aral Sea region. For the study area, satellite images from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) research center and the European Commission database for the period 1984-2021 were selected. At the next stage, calculations were carried out using ArcGIS software. As a result of the calculation, the reduction in the area of lakes amounted to 38 - 86,3 %. As a result of the research, it was found that all the studied lakes became seasonal.
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