The rivers suddenly disappeared

It seems strange that a river or lake disappears, but it is true in many parts of the world. And this is not the first time this strange thing happened.

Guacalito River before disappearing is an important source of water for people in Armenia de Upala

Guacalito River

On July 12, 2011, in northern Costa Rica an earthquake of 5.3 Richter scale occurred. Earthquakes do not cause damage to people, but only cause shedding of goods in supermarkets and furniture in families. The main story is the unusual phenomenon that happened with the Guacalito river here.

According to earthquake-report.com, shortly after the earthquake struck, the people of Armenia de Upala district, where the river flowed, discovered the river that had been attached to them for many years, running out of water. Suddenly losing important water supplies to the region, not only the people but also the herds here will be seriously affected. Researchers have not yet determined whether the Guacalito River ' died ' is due to the phenomenon of sinkholes , which may occur after the earthquake, caused or not. The epicenter of the earthquake near the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border, which is located in the same area as Mount Miravalles.

Peschёra lake in Russia

The 200-meter-wide and 9-meter-deep Peschёra Lake is located in the forest of Ostashata village in Perm province, near the Ural mountain in Russia.

Residents said, after only one night, the lake disappeared completely. When they woke up in the morning, they found only a few puddles and a strange little hole in the middle of the lake, especially without any fish left .

The cracked Peschёra Lake.

Iska River in Slovenia

According to Inside Costa Rica's news page, in 2010, the Iska River in Slovenia disappeared after local residents heard a loud explosion in the night . The next morning, the river was shallow with its sprawling fish and other creatures. It is believed that the river's water is drained into an underground river bed. This disappearance is believed to have nothing to do with earthquakes.

Lake in Bolotnikovo village

Previously, in 2005, a lake in Bolotnikovo village of Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) was about 250 km east of Moscow, disappearing after only one night. According to the BBC news agency, Russian officials at that time thought that the lake could be withdrawn into a cave system or an underground river.

Ice lake in Chile

A 101,200 square meter ice lake in the southernmost province of Magallanes has suddenly disappeared. The Guardian newspaper quoted Chilean geologists as saying that it was likely that an earthquake caused a crack in the bottom of the lake and the water receded along that path.

Lake in Huntsbury, New Zealand

In Huntsbury (New Zealand), a reservoir with 36 million liters of water disappeared after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch on February 22, 2011.

Tliapa and Tlacuapa rivers in Mexico

The Tliapa and Tlacuapa rivers flow from the mountains in central Veracruz state in Chocaman city and Calcahualco, about 18 km long. They once flowed into the Seco River in the center of Cordoba before the sinking holes appeared and sucked near the bottom of the river water.

The river ran out after the sinking pit appeared.(Artwork: Mysterious Universe).

Atoyac River in Mexico

On February 28, 2016, residents of San Fermin heard a loud bang and felt the ground shake. The next morning, they discovered the Atoyac River was swallowed up by a 30-meter-long crack, 20 meters wide in the middle of the river. According to the National Water Committee of Mexico, the river flows back after filling the fissures but the conditions for other death holes to appear fully converged.