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It was already subject to excess evaporation. By 1988, the 850-mile-long Karakum Canal took large amounts of water from the rivers that flow into the Aral, slowing its intake to a fraction of what it once was.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe sea increased in salinity so most of its natural flora and fauna died.
The Aral Sea is also heavily polluted, largely as the result of weapons testing, industrial projects, pesticides and fertilizer runoff
Its coast has become a ship graveyards because the prosperous fishing industry has been virtually destroyed.
answer 2 The principal cause of the drying of the Aral Sea is the takeoff of water from the upstream tributaries. Principally for the water-hungry cotton plantations i believe. And other irrigation in general.
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∙ 15y agothe aral sea is drying up due to over-irrigation on the yellow river.
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∙ 14y agothe aral sea is drying up because the rivers that flow into it are now cut off from it for errigation
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∙ 11y agoBecause farmers are diverting the rivers leading to the aral sea to their fields to grow cotton and irrigation. Plus the heat evaporates the water.
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What was the Aral sea like before it shrunk?
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Why has the Aral Sea shrunk since 1960?
In 1960, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest inland sea in the world. Since that time the sea has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, splitting into three different areas of water. Bad irrigation decisions by the Soviet Union contributed heavily to this problem by draining the two rivers which empty into the Aral to provide water for crops such as cotton.
What body of water in Central Asia shrunk by 70 percent of the irrigation plans and divert water from the Soviet era?
The Aral Sea
Which continent is the Aral Sea located?
it is located in Asia, in Uzbekistan and Kazahkstan
What was the effect of irrigation on the Aral sea?
Due to large scale use of water the aral sea becomes more saltier leading to a vicious circle.
Large saltwater lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan?
Answer:The Aral Sea
Does the Aral sea have salt water?
Yes the Aral sea has salt water
The Aral Sea is located on what continent?
The Aral Sea is located in Asia.
What is the major body of water in central Asia has shrunk by 70 percent due to soviet era irrigation and water diversion plans it is located between uzbekistan and kazakhstan?
The Aral sea.
What sea is located between Black Sea and Aral Sea?
The Caspian Sea lies between the Aral Sea and the Black Sea.
How much has the Aral Sea shrunk?
In the 1950s the Soviet Union decided to cultivate cotton in the region, and since the early 1960s the Syr Darya and Amu Darya have been used for large-scale irrigation, causing a drop in the flow of freshwater into the sea. The sea is, as a result, now greatly reduced, mainly occupying three basins in the central, western, and northern sections of its lakebed. It is about a third of its former size in area and less than an eighth in volume.
What contenet is aral sea on?
The Aral Sea is located by Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan in Central Asia
