Ar·al Sea ( r  l) 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. |
Aral Sea [ˈærəl]
n
(Placename) a lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, east of the Caspian Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world: shallow and saline, now badly polluted; use of its source waters for irrigation led to a loss of over 50% of its area between 1967 and 1997. Area (including salt flats): about 64 750 sq. km (25 000 sq. miles) Also called Lake Aral
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| Noun | 1. |  Aral Sea - a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
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