Aral Sea - Wikipedia
WEBThe Aral Sea (/ ˈ ær əl /) [4] [a] was an endorheic lake (that is, without an outlet) lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south, which began shrinking in the 1960s and largely dried up by the 2010s.
Aral Sea | Description, History, Map, Shrinking, & Facts
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Aral Sea, a once-large saltwater lake of Central Asia. It was once the world’s fourth largest body of inland water but has shrunk remarkably because of the diversion of its sources of inflowing water for irrigation beginning in …
Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life
WEBMar 21, 2018 · Thanks to large-scale restoration efforts, the North Aral Sea has seen a resurgence of fish—a boon to the communities that rely on it. (National Geographic) Use our resources to learn more about how the Aral Sea was written off for dead to begin with, and why it won’t ever fully recover.
World of Change: Shrinking Aral Sea - NASA Earth Observatory
WEBThe lake they made, the Aral Sea, was once the fourth largest in the world. Although irrigation made the desert bloom, it devastated the Aral Sea. This series of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite documents the changes.
The country that brought a sea back to life - BBC
WEBThe Aral Sea is bringing new wealth to fishing villages in Kazakhstan, but their neighbours on the opposite shore in Uzbekistan are suffering a very different fate. For a young Madi Zhasekenov,...
On the Aral Sea, graves rise above the dust. They’re ...
WEBMar 20, 2024 · ARALSK, Kazakhstan (AP) — In the middle of the vast desert that surrounds what is left of the Aral Sea, graves stand as stark reminders — of communities that once thrived, of the powerful body of water that teemed with life, and of the years of change that fueled its disappearance.
Shrinking Aral Sea - NASA Earth Observatory
WEBDec 5, 2018 · Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing since the 1960s. View how the lake has shrunk over the past few decades.
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