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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:lake
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gptkbp:borders
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gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Uzbekistan
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gptkbp:causeOfShrinkage
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river diversion for irrigation
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gptkbp:dividedInto
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gptkb:North_Aral_Sea
gptkb:South_Aral_Sea
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Alexander_von_Humboldt
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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mer d'Aral
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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 10 m (2020s)
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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Aral (island in Turkic languages)
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gptkbp:nearbyLandmark
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gptkb:Aralsk
gptkb:Moynaq
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:disaster_response
loss of biodiversity
climate change in region
dust storms
toxic pollution
fishing industry collapse
ship graveyards
health problems in local population
drastic shrinkage
Vozrozhdeniya Island (former biological weapons site)
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gptkbp:outflow
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evaporation
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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 due to shrinkage
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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:Ouzbékistan
gptkb:Asie_centrale
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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