🏜️ Dry Lakes of the World

These are notable dry lakes — the lake beds that hold water only seasonally or hold none at all, their cracked floors and salt crusts marking where great lakes stood when the climate was wetter, from the playas of the Great Basin and the salt pans of the Sahara to the dry lakes of the Mojave and the vanished Megalake Chad. Each profile shows where the bed lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

30 dry lakes from 5 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any dry lake for its full profile.

Americas (22) Asia (2) Europe (6)

Americas (22 dry lakes)

Asia (2 dry lakes)

Europe (6 dry lakes)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.