Natural ones include intraplate stress changes related to plate tectonics and natural water table or
lake level variations caused by changing weather patterns or water drainage patterns over time, or advance or retreat of glaciers.
Not exact matches
For canyon formation driven by
variations in water
level, look to
Lake Powell.
The secret to the unique diversity of
Lake Malawi's cichlid fish may be down to huge
variations in climate and water
levels over the years
In this case, the researchers combined records of ancient
lake levels, location and extent of glaciation,
variations in the composition of stalagmites in caves, and evidence for changes in vegetation and subsurface soil deposits associated with water table depth.
The
lake and connecting river have rather unique hydrology in significant
variations in water
level and reverses flows of the Tonle Sap River linking the
lake with the Mekong River.
Holzhauser, H., et al. (2005) Glacier and
lake -
level variations in west?central Europe over the last 3500 years.