Nearly 700 Terrifyingly Massive Sinkholes Appear In Turkish Farmland; Know The Tragic Cause Behind It (Watch)

Marmara Lake in Turkey’s Manisa province once covered 17.2 square miles and supported nearly 20,000 birds, including great white pelicans, flamingoes, and cormorants. The lake attracted tourists for boating activities. In 2011, the lake began drying up, losing 98 percent of its surface area by 2021 and devastating the local ecosystem. Turkey has lost 186 of its 250 lakes over the past 50 years, with accelerated shrinking in the last decade. Approximately 1.5 million hectares of wetland have also disappeared during this period. In the Konya basin in central Anatolia, illegal groundwater depletion has caused massive sinkholes exceeding 200 feet…