Former dam

 dam, abandoned / shut down, historical layer / disappeared object

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Until 1980 Garabogazköl was extensive, almost closed bay of the Caspian Sea.
Number of falling on its surface precipitation is less than 200 mm, and evaporation reaches 1400-1500 mm. The water power Garabogazköl totally dependent on the inflow of Caspian waters through the narrow strait. The salinity of the water in the bay reached 280-3050 / 00, went precipitation of salts - valuable chemical feedstock that is produced in the Gulf for over 50 years.
As part of the solution to the problem of the Caspian Sea in order to slow reduction of its level in 1980, Strait has been blocked deaf dam flow of Caspian waters in the Bay stopped. It was turned into the lake, almost devoid of water supply. Ecological imbalance immediately affected the reduction of the area of ​​the reservoir due to evaporation. Already by 1983, its area was reduced by 3 times (from 18 to 6 thousand. Km2), the depth is less than 50 cm, the volume of brine was reduced by 10 times, the precipitation of salts ceased, he began to accumulate halite. In subsequent years Garabogazköl turned into a white salt desert. By the wind from the surface of the salt pollute the environment, cause salinization. Damage deposit of salts. There is a problem of the Kara-Bogaz-Gol. To solve it began to pump water from the Caspian to Garabogazköl through the pipes, and then built a dam at the gateway to increase and regulate the water supply to Garabogazköl.
In mid-1992, when the level of the Caspian Sea has risen by more than 2 meters over the level of 1978, the dam was blown up.