Aral sea | The difficult return of water

 

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 For millennia the Aral Sea reigned as one of the planet’s largest inland bodies of water, straddling what is now Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. 

Today its decline serves as a cautionary tale. With help from the government, the World Bank, and scientists, the northern part of the Aral has started to make a recovery. 

There are fish in the water again, and for the past four years, fishermen have gathered to celebrate....

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• Considérée comme morte, la mer d'Aral semble ressuscitée en Asie centrale

• NASA Photographs Show Eastern Basin of Aral Sea Totally Dried

 

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