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Iran among 'world's most extreme subsidence hotspots' with some areas sinking up to 1 foot per year, study finds
The depletion of Iran's underwater aquifers is driving the ground to sink rapidly throughout the country, new research shows. More than 12,120 square miles (31,400 square kilometers) of the country — ...
The extraction of water from aquifers in Iran is causing an area the size of Maryland to sink, exposing an estimated 650,000 people to the risks of subsidence and freshwater depletion.
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