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While They Have Operated for 2700 Years, These Ancient Dams Are Now Under Threat.

Lake Keşiş is dying. This artificial Urartian reservoir, nestled at 2,550 meters above sea level in the district of Gürpınar, near Van, is being reduced year by year as a result of global warming. Professor Faruk Alaeddinoğlu, of the Faculty of Geography of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, alert: where the lake extended up to 7 km2, there are sometimes only swampy areas and residual puddles. What disappears with water is one of the oldest hydraulic s…
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Lake Keşiş is dying. This artificial Urartian reservoir, nestled at 2,550 meters above sea level in the district of Gürpınar, near Van, is being reduced year by year as a result of global warming. Professor Faruk Alaeddinoğlu, of the Faculty of Geography of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, alert: where the lake extended up to 7 km2, there are sometimes only swampy areas and residual puddles. What disappears with water is one of the oldest hydraulic s…

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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