Thus, in the 1960s, the Aral Sea began shrinking quite rapidly, with the lake's level dropping 20-35 inches yearly. By 1987, it dried up so much that instead of one lake, there were now two: the Large Aral (south) and the Small Aral (north). While up to 1960, the water level ...
The shrinking Aral Sea has had a noticeable impact on climate.Without the moderating effect of a large water body,there are greater extremes of temperature,a shorter growing season,and reduced local precipitation.These changes have caused many farms to switch from growing cotton to growing rice,whi...
Due to intense irrigation in the Aral Sea basin an imbalance in the water budget occurred and caused dramatic shrinking of the Aral Sea. With the present paper a sea-ice model for the Aral Sea has been developed, aiming in resolving the long-term development of the sea including drastic ...
Question: Why is the Aral Sea shrinking? The Aral Sea: Located in Central Asia, the Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world. This freshwater feature was the center of a thriving fishing economy for generations, but now the lake is so dried up that it's actually divided ...
Moynaq was a busy fishing port when the Aral Sea still reached the piers. It was landlocked Uzbekistan’s only large fishing port, and the shrinking Aral Sea ended that industry. The last few ships that were neither salvaged nor scuttled sat as the water ran dry and the desert encroached....
In1996,TomBissellwenttoUzbekistanasana•vePeaceCorpsvolunteer.Thoughhelastedonlyafewmonthsbeforeillnessandpersonalcrisisforcedhimhome,Bissellfoundhimselfentrancedbythisremoteland.FiveyearslaterhereturnedtoexploretheshrinkingAralSea,destroyedbySovietirrigationpolicies.JoiningupwithanexuberanttranslatornamedRustam,Bissellslip...
Shrinkage The Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverte 3、d by Soviet Union irrigation projects. By 2007 it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting into three lakes the North Aral Sea and the eastern and western basins of...
literally means "the sea of islands" in the Turkic language.Although the Aral Sea occupied a vast area of about 68,000 square km for a long period of time,it has been constantly shrinking(缩小) over the past two centuries and today it's believed to be less than 10% of its original ...
So the lake has been shrinking(缩小) since 1960s. By 2009, most part of it had disappeared.What's more, the ecosystem(生态系统) of the Aral Se a has been destroyed Large areas are now covered with salt. The land around the Aral Se a is seriously polluted. Therefore the people there...
《TheAralSea咸海》课件 《TheAralSea咸海》TheAralSeaisarapidlyshrinkinglakeinCentralAsia.Explorethecauses,impacts,andeffortstosavethisnaturalwonder.Introduction简介 1Background背景 Discoverthehistory,location,andsizeofTheAralSea.2Significance重要性 LearnabouttheecologicalandculturalsignificanceofTheAralSea.Causesof...