Problem
Threatened seasonal inland saline lake habitats
Other Names:
Endangered intermittent brackish lakesThreatened semi-permanent alkaline lake environments
Threatened playa lake habitats
Threatened dry salt lake habitats
Threatened hbitats of salares
Nature:
Pollution (acidification) may affect such bodies of water. In arid areas climate change and variability will also affect such lakes. Other factors may include the rate of water abstraction lowering the water table and reducing the store of underground water.
Background:
Wind erosion can form shallow depressions which often contain water temporarily or seasonally (e.g. dune lakes in sandy areas, playa lakes of flat, arid or semi-arid regions).
Broader Problems:
Threatened lake habitatsThreatened tropical desert habitatsThreatened seasonal wetland habitatsThreatened subtropical desert habitats Related Problems:
Threatened salt flats habitatsThreatened salt marsh habitatsThreatened brackish wetland habitats Values:
LandEndangeredThreat Subject(s):
Climatology → Climatology ??Environment → Environment ??
Fundamental Sciences → Chemicals??
Fundamental Sciences → Inorganic chemical compounds??
Geography → Wild??
Hydrology → Rivers and lakes??
Societal Problems → Endangered species??
Societal Problems → Vulnerability??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
13.05.2019 – 18:19 CEST