Aral Sea

The Aral Sea (Kazakh: ???? ??????) is an endorheic inland sea in Central Asia; it lies between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south. Since the 1960s, the Aral Sea has been shrinking, as the rivers that feed it (the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya) were diverted by the USSR for irrigation. The Aral Sea is badly polluted, largely as the result of weapons testing, industrial projects, and fertilizer runoff before the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Related Topics:
Kazakh - Endorheic - Sea - Central Asia - Kazakhstan - Karakalpakstan - Uzbekistan - Amu Darya - Syr Darya - USSR - Polluted

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