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Aral Sea
- Fourth largest lake of the world
- 20% of the area of Poland
- max. depth 60 m, average 16 m.
- Salinity 1gr/l
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Aral Sea
-Uncovered lake bottom 27 thous. sq. km
-60% of the capacity less
-Depth lower by 14 m.
-Salinity doubled -
Aral Sea
- Less than 1/10 water flowed to the lake.
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Aral Sea
- 75% of The lake dissapeared; salinity 100gr/l
- 200 thous. tons os salt annually is blown to the distance of 300 km.
- 43 m tons of chemical and salt was blown away.
- Salt damage soil
- 4/5 fish died out.
- Fishing industry collapsed
- Less cotton harvested by 20%
