Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inland sea lying between southern Kazakhstan and northwest Uzbekistan. Once the fourth-largest inland body of water in the world, it is fast disappearing because of diversion of its two sources, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya.
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- proper noun A saline lake
straddling theKazakhstan -Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but that has shrunk to a quarter of its original size after theAmu Darya andSyr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during theSoviet era.
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- noun a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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The Uzbek prime minister said Central Asia is already facing environmental problems in the aftermath of what he called the Aral Sea "catastrophe."
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The Uzbek prime minister said Central Asia is already facing environmental problems in the aftermath of what he called the Aral Sea "catastrophe."
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The area around the Aral Sea is a notorious ecological disaster.
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The two main rivers of Russian Turkestan which flow into the Aral Sea are the Syr
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Brian Merchant 2010
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Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Brian Merchant 2010
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Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Brian Merchant 2010
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Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Brian Merchant 2010
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Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Brian Merchant 2010
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Not so long ago, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Brian Merchant 2010
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