Lake Aral

It seems, therefore, probable that Lake Balkash stood formerly in communication through lakes Ebi-nor and Ayar (Telli-nor) with the lake that formerly filled the Lukchun depression (in 89½° E. long, and 42½° N. lat.), but researches show that a connexion with Lake Aral -- at least in recent times -- was improbable.

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Semiryechensk, in 45° to 47° N. and 73° 30 'to 79° E., about 600 m. to the east of Lake Aral.

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The lowland sections may be divided into six distinct regions, namely: (1) The Siberian lowland, which is by far the largest, and for the most part gloomy and barren; (2) the Bucharistan lowland, situated between the Caspian Sea and Lake Aral, a wide sterile waste;

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Shells of the same species as those now found in the Caspian Sea are scattered over the surface of the soil as far East as half-way to Lake Aral, and are found in recent deposits as far north as Kazan.

Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881

It is, indeed, not proved that the laying bare of a wooded country diminishes the total annual precipitation upon it; but it is certain that the summer delivery of water from the surface of a champaign region, like that through which the Volga, its tributaries, and the feeders of Lake Aral, flow, is lessened by the removal of its woods.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874

The level of the Caspian Sea is eighty-three feet lower than that of the Sea of Azoff, and the surface of Lake Aral is fast sinking.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874

A tiger, identical with that of Bengal, still exists around Lake Aral, in Asia; from time to time it is seen in

Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866

Sea of Azoff, and the surface of Lake Aral is fast sinking.

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

It is, indeed, not proved that the laying bare of a wooded country diminishes the total annual precipitation upon it; but it is certain that the summer delivery of water from the surface of a champaign region, like that through which the Volga, its tributaries, and the feeders of Lake Aral, flow, is lessened by the removal of its woods.

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

Saracanco, on the north-east coast of the Caspian Sea, eight days by water; thence to Lake Aral, twenty days 'journey with camels.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson William Stevenson 1784