The Incredible Shrinking Aral Sea 1960-2014 | Brilliant Maps
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The Aral Sea environmental disaster, the shrinking of the Aral Sea between 1960 and 2014 ➖ Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects. By 2007, it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting into four lakes – the North Aral Sea, the eastern and western basins of the once far larger South Aral Sea, and one sma
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The Aral Sea environmental disaster, the shrinking of the Aral Sea between 1960 and 2014 ➖ Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects. By 2007, it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting into four lakes – the North Aral Sea, the eastern and western basins of the once far larger South Aral Sea, and one sma
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Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing since the 1960s. Watch how the lake has shrunk over the past few decades. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/2REMJMS | NASA Earth
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Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing since the 1960s. Watch how the lake has shrunk over the past few decades. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/2REMJMS | NASA Earth
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The Aral Sea’s decline over the last 40 years can be traced clearly through satellite records. In the early 1980s, it was a major inland lake fed by two long rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. As large irrigation systems expanded across Central Asia, much of the rivers’ flow was redirected to support cotton fields. With less water entering the basin each year, the lake began to shrink. Through the late 1980s and 1990s, the water level dropped enough for the sea to split into separate northern
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