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8 wrz 2023 · Detailed Description. An Example of the Aral Sea as seen by a Landsat 5 composite in October 1992 (left) and as seen by a Landsat 8 composite in September 2020 (right). Path:160, 161 and 162/Row: 28 and 29. Natural Color Landsat 5: (3,2,1), Landsat 8: (4,3,2).
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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.
The 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 Terrasatellite documents the changes. At the start of the series in 2000, the lake was already a ...
23 wrz 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.
The Aral Sea did not die overnight: the shrinking process lasted 50–60 years. Discussions about redirecting water from the rivers that supplied the Aral Sea began around 160 years before the sea eventually vanished.
30 kwi 2024 · The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. It was fed by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, making it a vital source of water for surrounding communities.
