North Aral Sea

Kazakhstan / Akmechet / Saksaulskiy /
Originally linked with the south part of the Aral Sea, now was completely separate by the Kokaral Dam. Nowlevel is rising.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Aral_Sea
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Coordinates:   46°26'51"N   60°44'23"E

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  • 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 Soviet Union for irrigation. The Aral Sea is heavily polluted, largely as the result of weapons testing, industrial projects, and fertilizer runoff before and after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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