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The Aral sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and was once the fourth largest sea in the world. Most people today haven't even heard of it. What was a 68,000 square kilometer sea, and thriving fishing industry, is now a sea that is 10 % of its original size, too salty and polluted to support fish. This large sea is now considered to be three lakes.

The Aral Sea was once a popular resort destination for family vacations, and recreation. This used to be a sea thriving with fish. There used to be marshes teaming with wildlife along some shores, sandy beaches on others. The Aral Sea, and surrounding area was so teaming with life, it was often compared to many places in Africa for terms of biodiversity. When the sea began to die, people, no longer able to make their livelihood on the fisheries, lost their homes, and their ways of life, but that wasn't the worst of it.

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  • Is my vision going, I can't seem to focus...

  • what is the name of the music used in this video? =)

    

  • @dyingangelo No water..no cotton

    Seems that the problem is now even larger as there is no managed supply of water to support future cotton growth

  • @dyingangelo No water..no cotton

    Seems that the problem is now even larger as there is no managed supply of water to support future cotton growth

  • @dyingangelo No water..no cotton

    Seems that the problem is now even larger as there is no managed supply of water to support future cotton growth

  • @dyingangelo No water..no cotton

    Seems that the problem is now even larger as there is no managed supply of water to support future cotton growth

  • @dyingangelo No water..no cotton

    Seems that the problem is now even larger as there is no managed supply of water to support future cotton growth

  • @robvandamrocks ive heard that some soviet shit used the water on a cotton plantation

  • @dyingangelo kinda weird how this is going on

  • @robvandamrocks me too

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