Aralkum Desert
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The Aralkum Desert is a desert that has appeared since 1960 on the seabed once occupied by the Aral Sea. It lies to the south and east of what remains of the Eastern Basin Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and K
Aralkum with the remaining areas of the Aral Sea in 2021
Salt structures in Aral Sea, Uzbekistan
Ship Cemetery. Horse and foal, Kazakhstan
The bed of the former Aral Sea in Uzbekistan in 2004
Dike Kokaral
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Dike Kokaral is a 12 km long dam across a narrow stretch of the former Aral Sea, splitting off the North Aral Sea from the area that once contained the much larger South Aral Sea. The dike is conservi
Aralkum Desert
…irrigation projects in the region. The severely reduced inflow caused the water level in the Aral Sea to drop. While the North Aral Sea rose due to the Dike Kokaral, the South Aral Sea kept dropping, thus expanding the size of the desert, until 2010, when the South Aral Sea was partly reflooded. The water level of…
Comparison of the North Aral Sea before (below) and after (above) the construction of Dike Kokaral.