Aral Sea Basin

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endorheic drainage basin geographical region

The Aral Sea Basin is a large endorheic drainage region in Central Asia that historically fed the Aral Sea and encompasses major rivers, extensive irrigation networks, and arid to semi-arid landscapes across several countries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aral Sea basin 15
Aral Sea Basin canonical 7
Aral Sea region 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
associatedWith Aral Sea desiccation ⓘ
characterizedBy arid climate ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ
containsCity Almaty ⓘ
Ashgabat ⓘ
Bishkek ⓘ
Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ
surface form: Bukhara

Dushanbe ⓘ
Kyzylorda ⓘ
Nukus ⓘ
Samarkand ⓘ
Tashkent ⓘ
containsDesert Karakum Desert ⓘ
Kyzylkum Desert ⓘ
containsFeature desert landscapes ⓘ
extensive irrigation networks ⓘ
steppe landscapes ⓘ
containsLake Aral Sea ⓘ
Sarygamysh Lake ⓘ
containsMountainRange Alai Mountains ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tien Shan ⓘ
surface form: Tian Shan
containsPlain Turan Lowland ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
drainsInto Aral Sea ⓘ
environmentalIssue desertification ⓘ
soil salinization ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Amu Darya ⓘ
Syr Darya ⓘ
hasPart Amu Darya region ⓘ
surface form: Amu Darya Basin

Syr Darya region ⓘ
surface form: Syr Darya Basin
historicallyFed Aral Sea ⓘ
hydrologicalType endorheic ⓘ
knownFor large-scale irrigation for cotton production ⓘ
water diversion from Amu Darya and Syr Darya ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
mainCrops cotton ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
mainUseOfWater irrigated agriculture ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn China ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syr Darya → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Amu Darya → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Aral Sea → locatedInDrainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Chu River → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Panj River → drainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Naryn River → drainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Nukus → locatedInBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Seyhun → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin (via Syr Darya)
Sirdaryo → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Ustyurt Plateau → borderedBy → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea lowlands
Karakalpak language → region → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea region
Amu Darya Delta → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Oxus River → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Angren River → drainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Kok-Aral Dam → locatedIn → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
North Aral Sea → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Sea of Islands → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Vozrozhdeniya Island → partOf → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea region
South Aral Sea → locatedIn → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Eastern Basin of the Aral Sea → locatedIn → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Western Basin of the Aral Sea → locatedIn → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Chirchiq River → drainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Surkhandarya River → drainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Aralkum Desert → locatedIn → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Tien Shan glacial system → drainsTo → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin
Kara Darya → locatedInDrainageBasin → Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aral Sea basin