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The Soviet Union was made up of Armenia, Azerbaijan,Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
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The Soviet Union wanted to maximize the fresh water ecosystem.Irrigation canals were starting to be made, which increased the crop production.
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The Aral Sea is half the size of England and supllies Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and other Central Asian Countries water to grow cotton and other export crops, and to supply people with drinking water.
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The Aral Sea supported a commercial fishing industry giving jobs to 60,000 people in the early 1960's. By 1977, the fish harvesting declined by 75% and by the 1980's, the commercial fishing industry had ended.
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During the 1980's, the Aral Sea had decreased in size and split into two smaller lakes that were too salty to support fish.
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The Soviet Union collapsed, causing other regions to want to collaborate and share the same water source, which meant that more and more water will be taken, and the sea will become smaller.
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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan signed a treaty to pledge 1% of their budget to help the Aral Sea recover from loss of water, The Aral sea had gone down so much that,other states had to join together and add some budget to add water to the sea.
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The world bank approved to help improve and upgrade the sea, by adding a dam and fixing water patches, but they could only help to a certain extent. The water level was so low that there wasn't much they could do.
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Experts predict this will happen, because over use of the sea such as, fishing, taking fresh water resources, plus the population is always not only decreasing but increasing also,more and more people are going to be needing water, Also pollution is effecting the fresh water, causing the water to be infected and have diseases.
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