k Aral Sea19732009 Aral sea, 1973 2009, satellite image. North is at top. This inland lake is found between Uzbekistan west and Kazakhstan east and used to be the fourth largest lake in the world. Images taken by satellite, from left to right, 1973, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009. Since the 1960s, it has lost more than half of its volume. This is due to overuse of the feeder rivers the Syr Darya and Amu Darya in irrigation of cotton and paddy fields. Editorial Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Aral Sea 1973 2009 Aral sea, 1973 2009, satellite image. North is at top. This inland lake is found between Uzbekistan west and Kazakhstan east and used to be the fourth largest lake in the world. Images taken by satellite, from left to right, 1973, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009. Since the 1960s, it has lost more than half of its volume. This is due to overuse of the feeder rivers the Syr Darya and Amu Darya in irrigation of cotton and paddy fields.
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Aral Sea (1973-2009)

Aral sea, 1973 - 2009, satellite image. North is at top. This inland lake is found between Uzbekistan (west) and Kazakhstan (east) and used to be the fourth largest lake in the world. Images taken by satellite, from left to right, 1973, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009. Since the 1960s, it has lost more than half of its volume. This is due to overuse of the feeder rivers (the Syr Darya and Amu Darya) in irrigation of cotton and paddy fields.

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