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Increased Water Volume

April 19, 2022;

The total water volume of the ten major lakes across the endorheic region of the Tibetan Plateau increased by 58.5 cubic kilometers between 1979 and 2016 reports Chinese state media Xinhua. According to a research article published in Science Bulletin, rainfall, glaciers and snow meltwater, lake surface evaporation, and soil freezing-thawing are the major contributors to the increase in volume.

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