watershedplus:Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea has been steadily sh
watershedplus:Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects. Although irrigation made the desert bloom, it devastated the Aral Sea.From here, here, and there -- source link
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