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Mar 21, 2018 · Today, the Aral Sea does not exist. There are, instead, two distinct bodies of water: the North Aral Sea (also known as the “Small Sea,” in Kazakhstan) and the South Aral Sea (in Uzbekistan). Is the Aral Sea recovering? Sort of. The Aral Sea as a whole will never completely recover.
Mar 27, 2024 · Updated 8:01 PM PDT, March 26, 2024. MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Weddings, school dances, music festivals — in small pockets along the Aral Sea, there are signs of life. The Aral has nearly disappeared, and the large communities it once sustained are simply no more.
Back from the dead. Once the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world, the Aral Sea today is a tenth of its original size. At more than 67,000 sq km (26,000 sq miles), the Aral Sea was...
Feb 8, 2024 · The UN labels the destruction of the Aral Sea in Central Asia the most staggering disaster of the 20th century. The drying up of the once-mighty sea has affected residents and their livelihoods for decades. Some now say climate change presents their greatest obstacle yet. (AP Video by Victoria Milko and Ebrahim Noroozi. Produced by Teresa de ...
6 days ago · The Aral Sea was once the world's fourth largest lake, but 60 years ago, local industry diverted the rivers feeding the lake to irrigate cotton fields. Today, the lake is a quarter of its...
Mar 7, 2023 · Aral Sea. The Aral Sea, also known as Orol Dengizi (Uzbek) or Aral Tengizi (Kazakh) is a saline lake in Central Asia straddling the boundary between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the south and north. The lake once covered 68,000 square kilometers between the Kyzylorda and Aktobe regions in Kazakhstan and the Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan.
Aral Sea, Large salt lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It once covered some 26,300 sq mi (68,000 sq km) and was the fourth largest inland body of water in the world, but diversion of the waters of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers for irrigation has led to an overall reduction of its surface area by more than half since 1960.
