aral sea

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Aral Sea
- background
  - former 4th largest inland body of water
  - 2 port cities had developed
  - 60,000 people relied on sea
- causes
  - fuel cotton production in former soviet union - 60s
    - Uzbekistan 12th largest exporter of cotton 'white gold'
- impacts
  - by 2007 shrunk by 90%
  - contaminants left in the sand when the soil eroded are toxic to people
  - shrunk due to evaporation and lack of recharge from rivers
  - mass migration in 1980s - 2000s
- anthropogenic
diverted syr and amu darya rivers
- causes
  - fuel cotton production in former soviet union - 60s
    - Uzbekistan 12th largest exporter of cotton 'white gold'
- carried snow melt from mountainous areas
player
- former soviet union
- Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan farmers locals gov.
- fishing community
  - locals
- world bank