The dry Aral seabed spans an area of about 60,000 square kilometers, nearly half of which is located in Uzbekistan’s Republic of Karakalpakstan, home to1.8 million people. In the past few decades, this salt desert has become a source of sand and dust storms. Each year, the storms carry about 15–75 million tons of sand, dust, and salt from the dried Aral seabed across Central Asia. The resulting soil erosion and air pollution negatively impact people’s...
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The Challenges of Landscape Degradation in the Aral Sea
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World Bank.
The Challenges of Landscape Degradation in the Aral Sea (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099140101312268601