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Lake Sawa is a saltwater lake, covering about 4.9 square kilometers at its largest in the 1980s. In the last decade, the lake has dried out, shrinking to less than 75% of its average size. This contribution focuses on calculating the bank erosion and accretion of Lake Sawa utilizing remote sensing data captured by Landsat platforms (1985\u20132020). The methodology was validated using higher-resolution Sentinel imagery and field surveys. The outcomes indicated that the area of accretion is significantly higher than erosion, especially of the lake\u2019s banks in the far north and the south, in which 1.31 km2 are lost from its surface area. Further analysis of especially agricultural areas around the lake have been performed to better understand possible reasons causing droughts. Investigations revealed that one possible reason behind droughts is related to the rapid increase in agriculture areas surrounding the lake. It has been found that the agriculture lands have expanded by 475% in 2020 compared to 2010. Linear regression analysis revealed that there is a high correlation (69%) between the expanding of agriculture lands and the drought of Lake Sawa.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14081831","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,12]],"date-time":"2022-04-12T02:48:59Z","timestamp":1649731739000},"page":"1831","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Sawa Lake\u2019s Physical Parameters between (1985\u20132020) and Drought Investigations Using Landsat Imageries"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2652-9995","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yousif A.","family":"Mousa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia"},{"name":"Civil Engineering Department, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah 66001, Al-Muthanna, Iraq"}]},{"given":"Ali F.","family":"Hasan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, College of Education for Humanity Sciences, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah 66001, Al-Muthanna, Iraq"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9894-3119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Petra","family":"Helmholz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"199","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2018.12.051","article-title":"Physical dynamics of Lake Victoria over the past 34 years (1984\u20132018): Is the lake dying?","volume":"658","author":"Awange","year":"2019","journal-title":"Sci. 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