Aral Sea Basin Dry for First Time in Modern History, Satellite Images Show

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By Yale Environment 360Sep 26, 2014, 12:20 pm81 pts
For the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has gone completely dry, as this Enlarge Drying of Aral Sea NASA satellite image captured in late August shows. The Aral Sea is an inland body of water lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in central Asia. It was once one of the…

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