02/07/2022
In comparison with the size of the sea in the 1960's, the Sea has declined in size by seventy-six percent. The initial reason for the Aral's decline is the fact that Soviet planners diverted water from Aral's two big feeding rivers (Amu Darya and Syr Darya) into cotton fields in the territory of Uzbekistan. Because of this irrigation, the sea is now seventy miles away from its former bank (in some places even more). Ninety percent of the Syr Daya's water is diverted into canals and reservoirs.
