?Have you ever heard of the "Aral Sea"
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In Central Asia... between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
The Aral Sea is an inland sea located in Central Asia between Uzbekistan in the south and Kazakhstan in the north, and occupies the lowest parts of the wide Turan Basin. Arab geographers knew it as the Sea of Khiva, and the Russians in the seventeenth century called it the Blue Sea.
The area of the Aral Sea covered 68 thousand km2, its maximum depth was 68 m, its length from northeast to southwest was 428 km, and its width, parallel to 45 degrees north latitude, was 284 km.
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The Aral is the fourth largest sea in the world. It is separated by the Ust-Ort Plateau and connected to it by the sandy deserts of Kyzyl-Kum and Kara-Kum. Two rivers, Syridria (Sihon) and Amudriya (Sihon), flow into it, and it contains many islands. Some cattle herders live next to it. There is also the Ural port from which salt is extracted. Fish traps for caviar production.
It is now called the Ship Cemetery. It was teeming with ships and life
But since 1970 AD, it began to dry up until it reached a stage of complete drought in 2008... Have you ever imagined seeing ships sunk in desert sand with camels providing shade underneath?
The shrinkage of the Aral Sea is considered "one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet." Because of it, the once-thriving fishing industry in the region collapsed, causing unemployment and economic stagnation. The region also became severely environmentally polluted, causing serious consequences for the general health of the population.
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The shrinkage of the Aral Sea also caused climate changes in the region, with summers becoming hotter and drier, and winters becoming longer and colder.
This dam allowed the water level to be raised to 3 meters from the lowest point of water height recorded in 2005, which brought life back to the seabed.
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However, the Little Aral Sea constitutes only 5% of the original sea area, which means that fish production in it will not be as abundant as it was.
But some hold out hope that the Aral Sea will return to what it once was, even after decades.



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