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Aral Sea

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Ar·al Sea  (rl)
An inland sea lying between southern Kazakhstan and northwest Uzbekistan. Once the fourth-largest inland body of water in the world, it is fast disappearing because of diversion of its two sources, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya.
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Noun1.Aral SeaAral Sea - a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Lake Aral


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According to data from the University of California-San Diego, today the Aral Sea has lost as much as 75 percent of its former volume and its surface area has shrunk by 50 percent.
High and dry: big government causes big problems, and in Central ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American
The Northern Aral Sea is being successfully restored after its surface had shrunk to less than half its original size as a result of a massive diversion of water under the Soviet Union, which had drained the two rivers feeding it and devastated the surrounding environment.
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In 1990, the Aral split itself into northern and southern seas; by 1996, the smaller North Aral Sea had lost half of its surface area and three-fourths of its volume.
Back from the brink: Aral Sea refilling earlier than predicted by Russian Life
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