From world\’s 4th largest lake in 1960 to 31st largest today.
Aral Sea shrinkage
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July 20, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I thought that said anal.
That is also disturbing.
July 29, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I read it that way too.
July 20, 2009 at 9:26 pm
When were these taken? I looked on google maps and it looks back to normal. I don’t know how old the current google image is.
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July 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm
GLOBAL WARMING
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GIVE ME MONEY
SAVE…EARTH…
July 20, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Did a google search.
Seems the Russians needed to be able to grow food, so they diverted the two rivers that feed this lake.
Whats is more important to you? Food? or having a big salt water lake?
Of course they were kind of dumb about it.
“The construction of irrigation canals began on a large scale in the 1940s. Many of the canals were poorly built, allowing water to leak or evaporate. From the Qaraqum Canal, the largest in Central Asia, perhaps 30 to 75% of the water went to waste. Today only 12% of Uzbekistan’s irrigation canal length is waterproofed.:
July 21, 2009 at 12:13 am
AHhh shrinkage. The arch enemy of men after swimming as well as lakes. Such a shame.