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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:lake
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gptkbp:causeOfShrinkage
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river diversion for irrigation
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gptkbp:coordinates
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45°N 60°E
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact
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dust storms
loss of fisheries
health problems in local population
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Ptolemy
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gptkbp:formerIslands
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gptkb:Vozrozhdeniya_Island
gptkb:Barsa-Kelmes
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Aral Sea
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gptkbp:inflow
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Amu Darya
Syr Darya
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Uzbekistan
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gptkbp:maximumDepth
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68 m (1960)
less than 40 m (2020s)
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gptkbp:nameOrigin
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Kazakh word 'aral' meaning 'island'
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Soviet_irrigation_projects
collapse of fishing industry
exposure of seabed
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:disaster_response
drastic shrinkage
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gptkbp:outflow
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none
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gptkbp:partOf
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Aral Sea Basin
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gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts
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gptkb:Kok-Aral_Dam
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gptkbp:salinity
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increased dramatically
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gptkbp:separates
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gptkb:North_Aral_Sea
gptkb:South_Aral_Sea
gptkb:East_Aral_Sea
gptkb:West_Aral_Sea
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gptkbp:surface
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68,000 km² (1960)
less than 10% of original (2020s)
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gptkbp:type
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endorheic lake
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gptkbp:UNESCOStatus
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gptkb:list
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Division_Trains
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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