South Aral Sea

E273363
endorheic lake lake remnant

The South Aral Sea is the southern remnant of the once-vast Aral Sea, now a severely diminished and environmentally degraded water body in Central Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Aral Sea canonical 4
Southern Aral Sea basin 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake ⓘ
lake remnant ⓘ
affects agriculture in surrounding regions ⓘ
health of local populations ⓘ
basinCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
experiencedMajorShrinkageDuring second half of the 20th century ⓘ
hasCause Soviet-era irrigation projects ⓘ
diversion of inflow rivers for irrigation ⓘ
hasClimateEffect more extreme local temperatures ⓘ
reduced regional humidity ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue collapse of fisheries ⓘ
desertification ⓘ
dust storms from exposed seabed ⓘ
loss of biodiversity ⓘ
pollution from agricultural chemicals ⓘ
salinization ⓘ
severe shrinkage ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSurroundingRegion Karakalpak ⓘ
Kazakh ⓘ
Uzbek ⓘ
hasStatus environmentally degraded ⓘ
severely diminished ⓘ
hasSubdivision eastern basin of South Aral Sea ⓘ
western basin of South Aral Sea ⓘ
isRemnantOf Aral Sea ⓘ
knownFor ship graveyards on former seabed ⓘ
symbol of environmental disaster ⓘ
locatedIn Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Karakalpakstan ⓘ
Kyzylorda Region ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Uzbekistan
locatedInDesert Karakum Desert ⓘ
Kyzylkum Desert ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
monitoredBy satellite remote sensing ⓘ
nearbyCity Aral, Kazakhstan ⓘ
Moynaq ⓘ
surface form: Muynak, Uzbekistan
partOf Aral Sea ⓘ
Aral Sea desiccation ⓘ
Aral Sea environmental restoration discussions ⓘ
primaryInflow Amu Darya ⓘ
surface form: Amu Darya River
salinityTrend increasing ⓘ
separatedFrom North Aral Sea ⓘ
wasLargerIn 20th century ⓘ
waterLevelTrend declining ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Aral Sea → hasPart → South Aral Sea ⓘ
Kok-Aral Dam → separates → South Aral Sea ⓘ
North Aral Sea → separatedFrom → South Aral Sea ⓘ
North Aral Sea → separatedFrom → South Aral Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Aral Sea basin
North Aral Sea → locatedNorthOf → South Aral Sea ⓘ