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From wikipedia: "Irrigation" is an artificial application of water to the soil.

The problem must be the Aral Sea shrinkage.

The Aral Sea lost 90% of its volume within a few decades due to the intense irrigation of cotton and rice fields in Central Asia since 1960s.

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