The Aral

By Freeman168

  • Big lake

    Big lake
    Aral Sea is Identified as the 4 largest lake.
  • Period: to

    Aral Sea

  • Jobs

    Jobs
    60,000 Fishing Jobs Supplied

  • Fish

    Fish
    Aral sea fish declined by 75%

  • No fish

    Commercial fishing was elimanted

  • Water level

    Water level
    Water level decresed enough to spit the Aral Sea into two bodies

  • Disaster

    Disaster
    The Aral sea declared the worlds worst ever 20th century ecological disaster.

  • Soviet Union Collspses

    Soviet Union Collspses
    Soviet Union collapses; five successor states in Central Asia become independent countries and must cooperate to manage regional water resources

  • Treaty

    Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign a treaty to pledge 1% of their budget to helping the Aral Sea recover

  • Construction

    Construction
    Constructionof dike Kokaral Kazakh government announced a plan to build a concrete dam separating the two halves of the Aral Sea.

  • Predictions

    Predictions
    Scientists predict the Aral Sea will disappear in 15 years
    Aral Sea’s surface Area is 25% of its original size

  • Going to go quickly

    Going to go quickly
    Experts predict the Aral Sea will disappear, earlier than originally thought, by the year 2015