And that means more water in the air, which can fall as rain or snow but “may end up falling as rain far away, outside the basin where it evaporated or even over the ocean,” Livneh said in an email.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/nation-world/world/incredible-shrinking-lakes-humans-climate-change-diversion-costs-trillions-of-gallons-annually/