The sea that vanished
Sep 18, 2020
2 minutes
The Aral Sea covered over 25,000 square miles, an area as large as Switzerland, was seventy metres deep at its deepest point, and had a thriving fishing industry.
Look on a modern atlas, and it has disappeared, or at least turned into a couple of small lakes. 90% of where it once was is now a
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