The Aral Sea, The Island Tragedy, Its Negative Consequences and the Struggle Against IT

Abstract

The Aral Sea is the largest closed lake in Central Asia. Administratively, more than half of the Aral Sea is located in the south-western part of Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) and in the north-eastern part of Kazakhstan. Until the 1960s, the Aral Sea area averaged 68,000 km2. It was the fourth largest city in the world and the second largest in Eurasia. The sea stretches from northeast to southwest, is 428 km long, and its widest point is 235 km (45 ° east). The basin has an area of ​​690,000 km2 and a water volume of 1,000 km2, with an average depth. It fluctuated around 16.5 m. It is called the sea because of the size of its basin. There were many peninsulas and bays in the Aral Sea. The largest estuaries on the northern shores are Chernyshev, Paskevich, Sarichiganak, Perovsky, on the south-eastern and eastern coasts Tushbas, Ashshibas, Aqsaga, Suluv and others, on the banks of the Amudarya and Syrdarya.