The Aral Sea (/ˈærəl/) was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south which began shrinking in the 1960s and largely...
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The North Aral Sea (Kazakh: Солтүстік Арал теңізі, Russian: Северное Аральское море) is the portion of the former Aral Sea that is fed by the Syr Darya...
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agriculture. In 2003, the South Aral Sea itself split into eastern and western basins, the Eastern Sea and the West Aral Sea, connected by a narrow channel...
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northern remnants of the Aral Sea. It is the northern and eastern of the two main rivers in the endorheic basin of the Aral Sea, the other being the Amu...
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Aral, also known as Aralsk or Aral'sk, (Kazakh: Арал, Aral, ارال; Russian: Аральск, Araljsk) 46°47′N 61°40′E / 46.783°N 61.667°E / 46.783; 61.667 is...
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and flows from there north-westwards into the southern remnants of the Aral Sea. In its upper course, the river forms part of Afghanistan's northern border...
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Environmental issues in Kazakhstan (section Aral Sea)
testing sites, the shrinking of the Aral sea, and desertification of former agricultural land. These issues are due in large part to Kazakhstan's years...
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Aralkum Desert (redirect from Aral desert)
the Aral Sea is situated on the "highway" where strong currents of air are blowing from the west to the east. ... That is why pesticides from the Aral region...
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Dike Kokaral (redirect from Kok-Aral Dam)
former Aral Sea, splitting off the North Aral Sea (also called "The Small Sea") from the area that once contained the much larger South Aral Sea ("The...
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the dried up Aral Sea basin". The Guardian. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2019. Aral Sea Crisis Environmental...
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Land change science (section Aral Sea)
and Turkmenistan, resulted in the Aral Sea losing 85% of its land cover and 90% of its volume. The loss of the Aral Sea has had a significant effect on...
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Tethys Ocean (redirect from Tethys Sea)
Ocean is called Tethys Sea, Western Tethys Ocean, or Paratethys or Alpine Tethys Ocean. The Black, Caspian, and Aral seas are thought to be its crustal...
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Black Sea and with Lake Aral. A recession of Lake Akchagyl completed stage one. The earliest hominid remains found around the Caspian Sea are from Dmanisi...
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sits east of the Caspian Sea which has a steep east bank. It adjoins, to the north, the long delta feeding the South Aral Sea further north, another endorheic...
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Geography of Kyrgyzstan (section Aral Sea)
Ysyk-Köl is the second largest body of water in Central Asia, after the Aral Sea, but the saline lake has been shrinking steadily, and its mineral content...
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Sargasso Sea (/sɑːrˈɡæsoʊ/) is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it has...
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: Salt lakes with "Sea" in the name: Aral Sea, Dead Sea, Salton Sea Freshwater lakes with "Sea" in the name: Sea of Galilee Bodies of water identified...
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Geography of Turkmenistan (section The Aral Sea)
of the Aral Sea. Because of excessive irrigation, Turkmen agriculture contributes to the steady drawdown of sea levels. In turn, the Aral Sea's desiccation...
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List of islands of Kazakhstan (section Aral Sea)
Turkic languages aral means "island, archipelago". Islands in Kazakhstan on the Aral Sea include: Barsa-Kelmes (former island on the Aral Sea), 45°38′N 59°52′E...
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Rukwa (East Africa) Aral Sea (Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan) Caspian Sea (Iran; Azerbaijan; Russia; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan) Dead Sea (Israel; Jordan; West...
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of salts reportedly are carried as far as 800 kilometers away. Regional experts assert that salt and dust storms from the Aral Sea have raised the level...
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Vozrozhdeniya Island (category Islands of the Aral Sea)
araly; Uzbek: Возрождение ороли, Vozrojdeniye oroli) was an island in the Aral Sea. The former island's territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan...
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Uzbekistan. It is the seat of the Moynaq district. Formerly a sea port on the Aral Sea, it is now 150 km from the water in the Aralkum Desert and thus...
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The common carp's native range extends to the Black Sea along with the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea. Like the zebra mussel, the common carp is an invasive...
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replenishment of the North Aral Sea. The system now provides close to original flows into the North (Small) Aral Sea, by which dams are being built to divorce...
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test at a Soviet biological weapons (BW) facility on an island in the Aral Sea. The incident sickened ten people, of whom three died, and came to widespread...
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Water portal Asia portal Aral Sea List of drying lakes List of places on land with elevations below sea level Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal Benjamin Elazari...
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the time the agreement expired in 2013, it was largely forgotten. The Aral Sea was historically a part of Karakalpak culture, and the region is commonly...
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the same Lake Baikal, the North Sea of the Four Seas Northern Sea or North Aral Sea, the portion of the former Aral Sea that is fed by the Syr Darya River...
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lakes by depth List of largest lakes of Europe Recursive islands and lakes Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km2...
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