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The Aral Sea (/ ˈærəl /) [ 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. It was in the Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan and the Karakalpakstan autonomous region of Uzbekistan.
23 wrz 2024 · Aral Sea Animated map of the shrinking of the Aral Sea. Aral Sea, a once-large saltwater lake of Central Asia. It straddles the boundary between Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south. Discover how water projects begun under Soviet rule led to the rapid evaporation of the Aral Sea An overview of the shrinkage of the Aral Sea. (more)
7 mar 2023 · Learn about the Aral Sea, a saline lake in Central Asia that has shrunk dramatically due to river diversion and climate change. See a map of the lake's location, geology, climate, and impact on the region.
3 mar 2023 · The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest body of inland water in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 but, as the map dramatically illustrates, it has now shrunk and fragmented to a mere shadow of its former self. It lies between Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south.
Aral Sea. The Aral Sea, what once was the fourth largest inland body of water in the world, and now more aptly dubbed Aralkum, is in Central Asia, divided between Northern Uzbekistan and Southern Kazakhstan. Overview. Map.
See how the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest in the world, has shrunk and split into two parts due to irrigation and drought. Learn about the environmental and social impacts of this water crisis and the efforts to restore the lake.
1 cze 2023 · Divided between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea is a salty basin of oceanic origin that originated, like the Caspian and Black Seas, 5 million years ago from the separation of the ancient Parateid, an oceanic basin dating back to the Jurassic period.
