How to Save the Second Aral Sea?

In the beginning of 1960s Aral Sea had water area more than 66000 km2. Now Aral Sea was divided into three Seas, and has the total area 20000 km2, including Eastern Aral Sea (EAS) — 11000 km2, Western Aral Sea (WAS) — 5000 km2, Northern Aral Sea (NAS) — 3300 km2. Now only NAS (Kazakhstan) has real chances for survival. Preservation of WAS (Uzbekistan) is impossible without creation of artificial flowing ecosystem "WAS — Amu Darya River delta". There is a line of concomitant factors for benefit for WAS preservation, in comparison with EAS: (1) — WAS has the large depths, the smaller area and water volume; (2) — WAS' water have smaller mineralization. The offered proposal has by innovative part the connection of Western part of NAS with WAS, construction of channel NAS-WAS and dam, which will separate WAS from EAS. Idea's realization will be favorable for Kazakhstan also.

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