Aral Sea
Speech parts
1. Aral Sea - Noun
2. Aral Sea - Proper noun
Meaning
a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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By the 10th century, the Oghuz had expanded west and north of the Aral Sea and into the steppe of present-day Kazakhstan, absorbing not only Iranians but also Turks from the Kipchak and Karluk ethnolinguistic groups.
A webinar has been held on “Introduction of environmental technologies and innovations in the Aral Sea region within the framework of implementation of the new EU Strategy for Central Asia: Cooperation between Uzbekistan and Belgium”.
By 1993 the Aral Sea had lost an estimated 60% of its volume, in the process breaking into three unconnected segments.
Description Map of area around the Aral Sea.
Evidence suggests that salts, pesticides, and residues of chemical fertilizers are also adversely affecting human life around the former Aral Sea; infant mortality in the region approaches 10% compared with the 1991 national rate of 2.7%.
Kyrgyzstan's National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) has addressed these problems as part of its first-phase priorities in cooperation with the Aral Sea Program.