The Aral Sea Encyclopedia - D pps

... level drop in the sea increased enormously, the area of the dried seabed widened, and the puffy solonchaks that lead to salt-dust storms formed. The hydrological role of rivers changed from feeding ... mainly practiced, the land salinity varied from medium to strong, though in the recent 25 years it had doubled. Until the mid-20th century, the wet and dry periods had alter...

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... ceased due to an acute economic and social crises. I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _7, Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 95 deposition, facilitated ... channels of the Amudarya and Syrdarya Rivers. The lands in the Circum -Aral delta that were abandoned in the 15th–18th centuries and turned into deserts are at pres...

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... consequences of the sea s drying, the modern state of the natural environment, and the dynamics of natural processes on the dried seabed of the Aral, including the drift of salts and salt dust in the environment. ... then expected due to the increased withdrawal of waters from the Amudarya and Syrdarya for the development of irrigated farming. The articles consider...

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... from the surface. In such places Aeolian sand areas were formed. To the northeast, east, and south of the A .D. , the differently aged alluvial-delta lowlands of Syrdarya and Amudarya, including the ... because it depend s on the sea level. The Archipelago and the whole eastern coast as far as the Kuilyus Bay are covered with reed and rush. As the Aral waters dried out...

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... was awarded the Saint- Vladimir Order of the 4th degree. Later, he headed the Aral fleet (see). In the western part of the sea, he discovered the Vozrozhdenia Island and other smaller islands. In ... located in the northern part of the sea, 26 km to the south-east of the Izendyaral Cape (see) and 85 km from the Syrdarya mouth. The relief of this island is rather hi...

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... m. Sand and silt are deposited in the thickets and their buildup is conducive to further shallowing and shore development, which was the case on the Aral in the 1960s. This process proceeded at ... northern and southern tips. Circum -Aral Area – the territory around A.S., the vast land areas found in the delta plains of the Syrdarya and Amudarya in particular. In the uppe...

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... was used for identification of the Amudarya and Syrdarya basin and the drainless areas in the Karakums and Kyzylkums in the territory of the A.S. watershed. Each river basin is divided into functional ... the bay. Encyclopedia of the Aral Sea – book by I.S. Zonn and M. Glantz (edited by A.N. Kosarev and A.G. Kostianoy) and published in the Russian edition in 2008. Encyc...

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... depos- its in the Circum -Aral area and in the Aral depression; details bottom and beach sediments and also the delta deposits of the Amudarya and Syrdarya; and studies the issues of Holocene and modern ... lithogenesis. The book studies the lithology and salinity level of deposits f ormed as a result of the disastrous drop of the sea level as well as scales of ground d...

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... In response, the key research and design-survey work on the Aral issue included study of the changes that had occurred in the Aral and the Circum -Aral area and their socio-economic consequences, as ... industry in the Circum -Aral area that, in the future, could develop independently of the A.S. water level drop and the man-made desertification of the nearby territo...

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... control, and riverbed regulation in technical, eco- nomic, and social disciplines. The scope of the issues addressed by the Commis- sion included all problems related to the planning and financing ... regard to the needs of all peoples living in the region. It was acknowledged as advisable to establish new organizational I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1...

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