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The Aral Sea (/ ˈærəl /) [5][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. It was in the Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan and the Karakalpakstan autonomous region of Uzbekistan.
2 lis 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 the second half of the 20th century.
Jezioro Aralskie (nazywane Morzem Aralskim; kaz. Арал теңізі, Arał tengyzy; ros. Аральское море, Aralskoje morie; uzb. Orol dengizi; karak. Aral tenʻizi) – bezodpływowe, reliktowe, słone jezioro w Kazachstanie i Uzbekistanie, które zniknęło wskutek ludzkiej działalności.
See how a massive irrigation project in Central Asia has dried up the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, since the 1960s. Learn about the environmental and social impacts of the water diversion and the efforts to restore the lake.
16 maj 2024 · The stark reality is that the Aral Sea, formerly the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometres (approx. 26,300 square miles), has transformed into the expanses of the Aralkum Desert that emerged in its place.
7 mar 2023 · Learn about the Aral Sea, a former saline lake in Central Asia that shrank due to river diversion and irrigation. Find out its location, climate, formation, impact, and restoration strategies.
30 paź 2024 · The Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest saltwater lake, has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years due to irrigation and climate change. Explore the history, impact and challenges of this environmental crisis through maps, photos and stories.
