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In 1960, the Soviet Union undertook a major water diversion project on the fields of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
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The Northern Aral Sea had separated from the South Aral Sea.
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In 2000, the lake was a part of 1960 extent.
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2001, the southern connection had been messed up, and the mouth south eastern part retreated rapidly over the next several years.
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The blowing dust contaminated with chemicals, and a public health hazard.The salt water became polluted with fertilizer and pesticides.
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Completed in 2005, the dam was basically a death sentence for the southern Aral Sea, which was judged to be beyond saving.
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Especially large retreats in the eastern globe of the Southern Sea appear to have occurred between 2005 and 2009.
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When the drought was limited and then cut off the flow of the Amu Darya.
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Water levels then fluctuated annually between 2009 and 2012 in alternately dry and wet years.
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As the lake dried up, fishing companies, Lost their busniess and productivity.
