answersLogoWhite

0

According to About.com, about 1/3 of the volume and 1/2 of the surface area of the Aral Sea, located in Uzbekistan, has dried up because of diversion by farmers of the two sources (the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers) that feed it.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Art & Architecture
Related Questions

What was the second largest lake in Asia?

The Aral Sea, before most of it dried up.


Is aral sea freshwater or saltwater?

It is now almost dried up. The remains are salty.


What is the current condition of the Aral Sea?

The Aral Sea is no longer a sea, or even much of a lake. Today it could better be described as an area suffering severe desertification and pollution.


What lakes are dried up?

-Lake Eyre -Aral Sea -Lake Mead -Lake Chad -Lake Urmia -Dead Sea -Lake Tuz There are more but these are the top 7 lakes that are dried up!


What sea in Russia is drying up because of the irrigation?

Aral SEa


Why is the Aral Sea so small?

The Aral Sea is an endorheic (dead end) lake in western Asia, on the border between Kazakhstan and northwestern Uzbekistan. More than 80% of the lake area has dried up due to the diversion of water from the rivers that feed the lake, notably by the Karakum Canal completed in 1988.


Witch Asian sea is drying up?

Aral


The aral sea is shriking rapidly and may someday disappear completely the sea crosses the borders of two countries one of them is?

The Aral Sea is a saltwater lake which spans the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The Aral Sea is drying up due to irresponsible irrigation .


What body of water began to dry up after the Soviet Union diverted water for irrigation from the rivers flowing in to it?

Aral Sea Caspian Sea


What is one of the most fertile areas in central Asia?

Uzbekistan. The Aral Sea has been drying up and farmings used two rivers that send water to the Aral Sea. Those two rivers are Amu Darye and Syr Darye.


Why has the aral sea shrunk in size?

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.


How long is dried sea moss good for before it expires?

Dried sea moss can last up to 1 year before it expires if stored in a cool, dry place.