North Aral Sea

E269135
lake water body

The North Aral Sea is the smaller, partially restored northern remnant of the former Aral Sea, located in Kazakhstan and separated from the southern basin by a dam.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
North Aral Sea canonical 5
North Aral Sea (residual part) 1
Northern Aral Sea 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
water body ⓘ
basinCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
causeOfChange diversion of Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers during Soviet era ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
currentStatus separate northern basin of former Aral Sea ⓘ
damCompletion 2005 ⓘ
damConstructionStart 2003 ⓘ
damName Kok-Aral Dam ⓘ
environmentalImprovement decrease in salinity after 2005 ⓘ
partial return of fisheries ⓘ
rise in water level after 2005 ⓘ
environmentalIssue desiccation of Aral Sea ⓘ
salinization ⓘ
formerInflow Aral Sea ⓘ
formerStatus northern part of a single Aral Sea water body ⓘ
hasCityOnShore Aralsk ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Kazakh-speaking region ⓘ
Russian-speaking region ⓘ
hasProcess partial restoration ⓘ
salinity reduction ⓘ
water level recovery ⓘ
hasShorelineCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
hasUse fishing ⓘ
local irrigation source ⓘ
historicalEvent separated from South Aral Sea after dam construction in 2005 ⓘ
inflow Syr Darya ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyzylorda Region ⓘ
locatedNorthOf South Aral Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Saryarka steppe ⓘ
surface form: Kazakh steppe
locatedOnFormer Aral Sea bed ⓘ
nearbyCity Aralsk ⓘ
partOf Aral Sea ⓘ
Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
surface form: Aral Sea basin

Aral Sea restoration efforts ⓘ
restorationProject Kazakhstan government project ⓘ
World Bank–funded project ⓘ
separatedBy Dike Kokaral ⓘ
Kok-Aral Dam ⓘ
separatedFrom South Aral Sea ⓘ
South Aral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Southern Aral Sea basin
waterType endorheic lake ⓘ
saline lake ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Aral Sea → hasPart → North Aral Sea ⓘ
Aral Sea → restorationFocus → North Aral Sea ⓘ
Kok-Aral Dam → locatedIn → North Aral Sea ⓘ
Kok-Aral Dam → separates → North Aral Sea ⓘ
Aralsk → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → North Aral Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Aral Sea (residual part)
South Aral Sea → separatedFrom → North Aral Sea ⓘ
Western Basin of the Aral Sea → separatedFrom → North Aral Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Aral Sea