How to disappear a sea

The Aral Sea located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth largest lake in the world. Most people still not today by it heard. What was a 68,000 square kilometre sea and thriving fishing industry, a sea is now to support the 10% of the original size, too salty and contaminated fish. In fact, the third largest lake in the world is now to be considered three lakes.

The decline of the Aral Sea was mainly from the junction of inflowing AMU Dar'ya and Syr Dar' caused ya rivers in 1960s provide irrigation water for local croplands.These redirects drastically reduced the River tributaries, caused the Aral Sea by more than 50% to lose two thirds of its volume and add its salinity to verkleinern.At significantly the current rate of decline of the Aral Sea has the potential until 2020 completely disappear.

It has gone almost a dessert leave now full of old shipwrecks.