Water Conflicts Case Study - The Aral Sea 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: lauraking20Created on: 04-06-17 11:05 Formerly how large? 4th largest in the world 1 of 8 Causes? Soviet Union wanted to become self sufficient in cotton & increase rice production 2 of 8 Therefore what did they do? Dammed the 2 feeder rivers (Amu Darya & Sry Dayra) 3 of 8 How much left? Barely 10% 4 of 8 Social impacts? (3) 1) Out-migration 2) Health problems (wind blown salt & dust from dried out sea bed) 3) Locals can no longer feed themselves (infertile soils) 5 of 8 Environmental impacts (4) 1) Marine environment so hostile that all sea life now dead 2) Very high salinity 3) All 20 known fish species in it now dead 4) Infertile soils 6 of 8 Economic impacts (3) 1) Fishing industry declined (loss of jobs) 2) Out-migration 3) Have to pay more to import water 7 of 8 Stakeholders (4) 1) Soviet government 2) Fishing community 3) Local residents 4) Scientists 8 of 8
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