aral sea

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Definition von aral sea im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Aral Gölü

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Definition von aral sea im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A saline lake straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but that has shrunk to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era

an inland sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Large salt lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It once covered 25,659 sq mi (66,457 sq km) and was the fourth largest inland body of water in the world, but diversion of the waters of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers for irrigation has led to an overall reduction of its surface area by half since 1960. Its volume has been reduced by three-fourths, which has led to an increase in salinity. Except for the southern shores, it is uninhabited

Türkische aussprache

ärıl si

Aussprache

/ˈärəl ˈsē/ /ˈɑːrəl ˈsiː/

Etymologie

() From Kazakh арал (aral, “island”), referring to the more than 1,500 islands that once dotted its waters.