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The Aral Sea

By ColliLac_BGS
  • Soviet Union Formed

    Soviet Union Formed

    Soviet Union Had ruling over Kazakhstan and Uzbeckistan the two counties that the aral sea lies on.
  • Period: to

    Soviet Union

  • Pipeline started

    Pipeline started

    The Soviet Union Starts to bulid pipelines from Amu and Syr rivers which fill the Aral sea with water. The pipeline is to irrigate one of the biggest cotton crops in the world.
  • Period: to

    The Aral Sea Water loss

  • Aral Sea 4th lagest

    Aral Sea 4th lagest

    The Aral Sea is discovered to be the 4th largest lake in the world.

  • Aral Sarts to loss water at an alarming rate

    The shore line of the aral see has sunk 500m from where it was privously
  • Fish harvest at all time low.

    Fish harvest at all time low.

    The fish harvest is at an all time low. The amout of fish has decreased by 75% dew to salinity and lack of water.
  • Fishing Industry wiped out

    Fishing Industry wiped out

    There is not enough fish for a harvest any more so fishing industry is wiped out
  • The Aral Sea splits in two

    The Aral Sea splits in two

    The Aral Sea splits in two separate Parts dew to the amout of water loss. The two parts are named the Little Aral in Kazakshan and in Uzbekistan the Big Aral
  • Surface area 50% of what it was

    Surface area 50% of what it was

    There is a surface area decrease is of over 50%. The Aral Sea is now the 8th largest lake sea in the world
  • Soviet Union Falls

    Soviet Union Falls

  • Aral Sea declared ecological disaster

    The Aral Sea was declared the worst ecological disaster of the twentieth century by the United Nations Environmental Programme.

  • Dam Between Seas is completed