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Aral Sea is Identified as the 4 largest lake.
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60,000 Fishing Jobs Supplied
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Aral sea fish declined by 75%
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Commercial fishing was elimanted
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Water level decresed enough to spit the Aral Sea into two bodies
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The Aral sea declared the worlds worst ever 20th century ecological disaster.
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Soviet Union collapses; five successor states in Central Asia become independent countries and must cooperate to manage regional water resources
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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign a treaty to pledge 1% of their budget to helping the Aral Sea recover
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Constructionof dike Kokaral Kazakh government announced a plan to build a concrete dam separating the two halves of the Aral Sea.
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Scientists predict the Aral Sea will disappear in 15 years
Aral Sea’s surface Area is 25% of its original size -
Experts predict the Aral Sea will disappear, earlier than originally thought, by the year 2015
